re: A guy told me that before he stopped drinking, he was killing a fifth of Jack a day.

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Because they probably had a stressful career. Stress is almost just as bad. Creates alot of inflammation in the body

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Cortisol bad.

I've made efforts to reduce it in my life. I suggest others do the same. Changes everything about your mental and physical well-being. Focus on sleeping, laying off caffeine until you've had time to eat and get moving in the morning, breathing exercises (which I do in the shower in the morning and before bed, takes 1 minute), 30 minute walks every day, etc. Little stuff that really manages cortisol in the body.

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Also these things have limited alcohol cravings for me. I still drink but far less because I'm so stressed out and moreso because I just like a good scotch .