re: Anyone here quit drinking? What kind of health results did you notice?

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I'm 31, drank pretty heavily in my early 20s playing music in bars. A few years ago beer started upsetting my stomach, no energy, sleep was shitty, and it was taking me waaaaay longer to recover like you said sometimes multiple days. I've pretty much tapered off to nothing at this point. Maybe a drink or 2 of gin or red wine max every few months. During the troy game I had 4 glasses of red wine and wanted to die... if that tells you anything.

I'll be honest at first it sucked, bad. Socially it was weird and I definitely had some emotional withdraws. Presently I can say without a doubt it has been a great decision. My emotional state is stable, my hormones are in good shape, physically I feel better at 31 than I did at 25. I do not miss the morning after drinking.

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All of this. I'm 31 as well and here's how I handle alcohol:

-I'm pretty much done with beer. It sucks, I know, I was always a huge fan, but I just can't handle it anymore. It makes me feel like sluggish death the next day.

-Work nights I'm pretty much alcohol-free unless entertaining with clients.

-Weekends I'll drink, but pretty much only wine or good liquor on the rocks. I can't handle the sugary carbonated mixers either.

If I do that I'm styling. I can put down 3-4 whiskeys or gins on a Friday/Saturday and feel fine the next day. When it's a night full of beers, I'm cashed energy-wise until Tuesday or so.