re: Pondering being a quitter. Drinking.

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If you have Family/kids and you are consistently going out during the week to friends or drinking consistently 5 times a week...you are trashy as frick. If you are drinking 500+ calories a week in alcohol....99% chance you are a fat frick. If you are drinking 1-3 drinks 5 times a week....99% chance you are a terrible parent.

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Spot on.

I don't fault my mom for it because she was a single parent in a bad neighborhood until I was around 9, but as soon as she got married and had a little relief, they were out at the bars at least once a week, usually a few times. Didn't think much of it then, but looking back I couldn't imagine doing that even as someone with no kids with other things going on, wanting to stay in shape.

If I had kids? I don't see how one does that. Yeah, we didn't die staying home alone, but my sister was 13, I was 10 and we probably should have had some more supervision, even if the bar was "just down the road". Just because it happened to us doesn't mean the cycle should be perpetuated.

I get it, alcohol gives you a nice buzz. But if you're phoning it in on your kids to go have a drink, well....