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As a casual drinker, I so much appreciate more people refusing alcohol (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always hated how alcohol commercials play up like a cool beer is the best thing in the world, or a glass of whiskey is what will put hair on your chest. It's a disgusting narrative that ruins people's lives.

On social media, there's a huge variety of it. People posting how they were sober on NYE. Folks sharing before/after as they've gone cold turkey. I see people share tips of what type of mocktails to get at bars, and alternatives to having a fun night over getting drunk.

I appreciate that.

And this is not bashing alcohol. Moderation in everything.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I try to do 1:1 alcohol to water (one glass of water per alcoholic beverage), but that often becomes hard to enforce on myself after a couple of drinks lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't have an issue with doing 1:1 because the spectre of a hangover makes even drunk passerby keep their shit together. Who has time to lose one of your too few free days to bedlock? Migraines to that enough as it is.....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are greatly overestimating my capacity for proper executive functioning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Legit. I'm (surprisingly) good at that just out of fear lol. It's amazing what pavlovian training can do