Cocktail hour doesn’t take a vacation
In my 30s I’ve learned that alcohol is a pretty dangerous and not terribly fun drug.
I’ll still drink maybe once a week (but that is a beer or 2, or maybe a bottle of wine).
For the most part, ketamine is a safer and more fun substitute
Incessantly
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.
I’ll polish a bottle of scotch every few months.
