Rarely. The hangover extends over 3 days now. It’s just not worth it.
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 VO2 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.
It’s been 796 days since I’ve drank alcohol.
Congratulations! I’m coming up in a decade and a half. Finally (hopefully) sobered up at 31. Best thing that ever happened to me.
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!
I used to drink every Friday, but recently quit. 3 weeks free now
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.
