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I stopped drinking for a month. In that month, there were multiple times when someone offered me a drink, I politely declined saying I’d given it up, and then t
by npilk 4y ago
I stopped drinking for a month. In that month, there were multiple times when someone offered me a drink, I politely declined saying I’d given it up, and then the other person did not drink either. Hard to say for sure, but it seems clear to me these folks would have indulged if I had.
It was surprising to me how socially-controlled this behavior seemed to be. The paper’s conclusion rings true to me.
- yakubin 4y agoFor me non-drinking month is a normal month, without any personal rule. I've heard about people drinking everyday, but that's hard to imagine for me. Recently, after a party where I drank alcohol, I concluded that I actually don't like the state alcohol puts me in. The slower reaction time, slower thinking, the need for preparation regarding eating and then after the fact drinking water before sleeping etc. Luckily I don't spill any secrets I shouldn't spill when I'm drunk, as some people do. I'm also the sort of person who gets annoyed at hot weather mainly due to its detrimental effect to the speed of my mind. It's just very unpleasant to me. So even though I don't have the slightest problem with alcohol (for a typical year I can count the number of times I drink alcohol on the fingers of a single hand, and no substance ever even began to take a hold over me), I've decided to quit it entirely, because I prefer to drink something as peasant as lemonade or tea, which doesn't inhibit my mind.
- CogitoCogito 4y agoDifferent folks different strokes. I’m too busy to go too crazy, but I think mind-altering drugs are some of humanity’s best inventions.
- wszfahwbwbaha 4y ago