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I worried about this a lot before I quit drinking. Now I can tell you that my social life is exactly the same as before - but I’m drinking water or near-beer o
by FredPret 6y ago
I worried about this a lot before I quit drinking.
Now I can tell you that my social life is exactly the same as before - but I’m drinking water or near-beer or something fizzy instead. I don’t care, my friends don’t care, and if they did, they wouldn’t count as friends anyway.
Now if you’re a frat member, maybe it’s different.
- Ntrails 6y agoMy other half never thought she would be able to date me, because she wanted someone to share a bottle of wine with. Turns out, she can have a lovely time drinking wine and having a designated driver to get her home :) But I will say that being tee total has impacted my experience of social gatherings based around drinking. Sure, with good friends it couldn't matter less. But with work folks, acquaintances etc? Yeah, it matters
- FredPret 6y agoAnother thing to keep in mind is that non-alcoholic drinks as a sector are growing rapidly. We might see a sea change here within a generation, like we saw with smoking, where it simply isn’t cool anymore. For anyone interested, I followed Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol. It was a totally painless process for me