Do you drink to celebrate or drink to forget?

I drank to deal with guilt.

It was very effective for a while.

I drank to process everyday life, which became a huge problem because I could never have just one or two beers.
Five years sober now, thankfully. Bill W is my homie.

Why not both

I generally only drink to pair with food. Other than that, maybe one cocktail or beer. I never get drunk. Haven't for over 40 years. I truly love my life. I see it as a banquet, with so many great choices that I can’t have them all because there is just not enough time.

I drink for a host of reasons, but never because I’m sad, etc. That’s a hard and fast rule that I live by, as there be dragons.

When I drink I drink Cherry Coke ZS

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Along similar lines, do you think that alcohol reveals “the real you” ? Or do you think it turns people into someone else ? Im in the camp that thinks it changes people, ive known many who turn into totally different people when they drink, almost opposite to who they are when they are sober (ie their real selves .)

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I think it removes everything but our basest form. People who argue that it “reveals” who you are are wrong, in my opinion, because to say that people are nothing more than their basest form, that the decisions they make in spite of their base impulses don’t matter, is the most judgmental, narcissistic tripe I can imagine.

Now, if you continually return to alcohol knowing that your base self isn’t who you want to be, well, that’s a separate issue entirely. Those people are looking for excuses.

Often because I like the way it tastes. Mostly to celebrate.
Rarely because of stress or negativity.