Right on. My definition of alcoholic shifted. I now see occasional binge drinking as legit (ie. it’s an occasion) and nightly beers are where damage comes from

Right on. My definition of alcoholic shifted. I now see occasional binge drinking as legit (ie. it’s an occasion) and nightly beers are where damage comes from due to compound interest logic. It takes several days to truly recover from even one beer, so I almost never feel the price is worth it. It’s not age, I regained my ability to drink like a Mad Man again over 30 when I moved to SF, but cut back again after a year and it’s totally obvious that even 1 beer kills the week (3 sober periods in life: 0-21, 28, now 32-33 sans 4 occasions). I would’ve downvoted this a couple years ago, but now I preach it because it’s so counter intuitive yet life changing and I think took 2-3 points to make a line. Occasional drinking without limit if ever fine, vs. daily beer and you have a problem. Compound interest and greater energy levels = best self every single day.