Do you drink alcohol?
Rarely. Like 1x every 1-2 years.
shareNot for 15 years!
But then I went through a lifetime supply early, so I guess I average out to a social drinker.
18 years. Abstinence does not make the heart grow fonder.
shareBut it makes the liver less fractious!
shareI won't lie - life was a lot more exciting during my drinking days.
shareI won't lie either, sometimes it'd be nice to be able to feel the warm glowing feeling of the first drink, but the warm glow invariably spiraled into something unpleasant so the nice warm feeling wasn't worth the trouble. I don't miss being an embarrassing mess.
Truth is, the only think I really miss about my drinking days is good wine, there's no substitute among the non-alcoholic drinks and mocktails. I was never a wine snob but there's really no substitute for the complex flavors of really good wine among the alcohol-free beverages, and nothing else complements good food so beautifully. So that's really the only temptation, risking a glass of something marvelously appropriate when there's something particularly nice for dinner, but well. Better not to go there.
All true. The game isn't worth the candle, my dad used to say. Or, my own, the experiment has been run, the results are in. :)
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