I went dry, well 99.99% of the time. I had a glass of wine during an overnight date with my wife. My 21st birthday was fueled by Grolsch! That definitely was not a good thing. Lol. I was indoctrinated in many habits not through family directly but friends and the football/college environment. Took me probably 10 years to recover from that and I continued to drink moderately heavy a few times a year for years after that. I was down to one beer an outing when I was still getting shit sleep and hungover and I finally said fuck this, I'm done.
I love how you weave your history into your posts. I am wondering if doing this deep narrative dive further strengthens your motivation.
Hey, this is great and very parallel to my experience. Alcoholic father/family on his side (Irish Catholic, whouda thunk?). In March 2020, I told myself I would just take a break: a few weeks, maybe a month. I was always able to tell myself that I was a "good drunk," whatever that meant. In time, I didn't like how I was feeling. And I haven't had any since. Have relied heavily on Athletic and other great n/a options. Thanks for writing this! I'm planning to write something of my own, perhaps on my 4-year anniversary.
I went dry, well 99.99% of the time. I had a glass of wine during an overnight date with my wife. My 21st birthday was fueled by Grolsch! That definitely was not a good thing. Lol. I was indoctrinated in many habits not through family directly but friends and the football/college environment. Took me probably 10 years to recover from that and I continued to drink moderately heavy a few times a year for years after that. I was down to one beer an outing when I was still getting shit sleep and hungover and I finally said fuck this, I'm done.
I love how you weave your history into your posts. I am wondering if doing this deep narrative dive further strengthens your motivation.
Hey, this is great and very parallel to my experience. Alcoholic father/family on his side (Irish Catholic, whouda thunk?). In March 2020, I told myself I would just take a break: a few weeks, maybe a month. I was always able to tell myself that I was a "good drunk," whatever that meant. In time, I didn't like how I was feeling. And I haven't had any since. Have relied heavily on Athletic and other great n/a options. Thanks for writing this! I'm planning to write something of my own, perhaps on my 4-year anniversary.