Back when I went from 350lbs to 190lbs racing bicycles and commuting full time long distance, my legs turned into lead bricks for 3-4 days after any drinking at all, not just drunk. It messed up everything from sodium uptake to digestive rhythm, to my VO^2^ heart rate zones. That was back in my mid to late twenties too. It isn't just the hangover or age. When you need 4k plus calories per day, bad food habits get amplified sharply. I think everyone is experiencing something like this, but are not aware of the effects for the most part. I dropped out of a race from it once and it added 15-20 minutes to my 1.5-2.0 hour commute each way if I drank.
Congratulations! I'm coming up in a decade and a half. Finally (hopefully) sobered up at 31. Best thing that ever happened to me.
Big congrats! I just crossed the 3 year mark. Came to this thread because I stopped drinking right before I turned 30 so i technically havent had any alcohol in my 30s, which is pretty weird to think about.
Way too fucking much.
Probably should consider myself a functioning alcoholic.
Usually go through a 1.75L of Jack per week on my own.
Been through a similar phase ~12yrs ago, but pulled out of that one changing jobs.
I drink when I'm stressed, but it's a vicious cycle because I know I shouldn't and that stresses me as well.
Ive seen people struggle with drinking almost all my life and in my opinion it's as bad as a cocaine habit, and just as hard to kick.
Just know you don't need to go it alone and you should access everything within reach (friends, programs at work etc.) when you decide to change it.
I wish you the absolute best!
40’s. I stopped almost completely since last October, before that though the average was about two six-packs a week. A combination of wanting to reduce costs and health reasons made me drop it. I had just gotten back a blood test showing elevated levels of cholesterol, so I’ve been adjusting my diet to reduce it and apparently alcohol can contribute to cholesterol/triglycerides. Also should end up saving me somewhere around $1000/yr I think, as I tended to drink pricier craft beers, which are $10–12 a six-pack.
I thought it was going to be harder to stop, that I might have more urges to drink or more breakdowns, I’d been drinking semi-regularly for maybe decades now, but it’s been fine. I’m really curious to see my next blood test results to see what kind of an impact it might’ve had.
I have one beer most nights now, since like a year ago. I never drink more or anything else other than a glass of wine instead occasionally. Before that, maybe once a month. I'm not in race shape (bicycle) any more but for my 30's, I'm in far better shape than most.
Never. I have this weird thing where my liver doesn't process it correctly. If I have one beer I'll throw up for 3 days.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17659-alcohol-intolerance
"When most people ingest alcohol, which contains ethanol:
An enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) helps metabolize (process) the ethanol.
Your liver converts the ethanol to acetaldehyde, a substance that can cause cell damage.
Another enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) helps convert acetaldehyde to acetic acid (vinegar), which is nontoxic.
In people with alcohol intolerance, a genetic mutation (change) makes ALDH2 less active or inactive. As a result, your body can’t convert acetaldehyde to acetic acid. Acetaldehyde starts to build up in your blood and tissues, causing symptoms."
I used to have a beer every few days, now I'll have one every few weeks. They also hit like a truck now. I have no tolerance.
0 times a year.
There isn't really an upside to getting drunk, but there are a lot of downsides.
Once a week at most, usually I go two or three weeks before heading over to my local pub.
Almost Daily. I make wine and drink about 2 bottles a week. 🤗 usually spread out a few glasses in the evening for a few hours after I'm done with anything that requires leaving the house up to bedtime.
Rarely. Maybe one drink every other week or so.
I want to enjoy what I'm drinking. I like Islay single malts. I can't afford the Islay single malts that I really like anymore. So...
I don’t drink at all. I did the normal college binge drinking thing, but I usually like to keep busy and alcohol makes me too cloudy to think.
So I don’t really enjoy it.
Even if I’m gaming, I get frustrated with the cloudiness and end up just laying around.
I wish there were good quality non alcohol wines And beers as I really like the taste.
1 beer about 5 days per week. Second beer maybe once or twice a month. Haven’t been drunk in probably 5 years or so.
The best way to put it is rarely. Sometimes it's weekly, sometimes it's been 6 months. There's no consistency, and I never drink to get drunk.
Currently I have a bit of grapefruit vodka and fireball whiskey remaining, both are mixers and both fulfill a purpose. The grapefruit vodkas flavor is dead on, and it lasts much longer than actual grapefruit juice. I also just really enjoy cinnamon flavoring with just about anything.
So at this point they are both just flavor additives which happen to be alcoholic.
I’m the same with consistency, But if I drink socially, it’s often 0, 1, or 10, with 10 being a maybe once or twice a year thing.
I have a rum and coke maybe once every six months. Even a single shot of alcohol makes me uncomfortably hot so I'd rather just have straight coke instead. I really only break out the rum when it's been an awful, awful day and I want to take the edge off.