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I do have a counter anecdote here. I mostly gave up alcohol years ago for health reasons (I was never a "heavy" drinker but did enjoy it regularly) and I greatl
by JeremyNT 4y ago
I do have a counter anecdote here. I mostly gave up alcohol years ago for health reasons (I was never a "heavy" drinker but did enjoy it regularly) and I greatly miss the things the parent poster describes.
Once in a blue moon (at special events and such) I will drink an alcoholic beverage again, and while there are some I don't miss (like a Pilsner beer or Vodka) there are others I really do enjoy for their own sake (a particularly aromatic gin, an aged whisky, or an IPA).
The compromise I have is that I allow myself to enjoy these beverages sometimes on rare occasions, but in small quantities. Maybe 4 oz of beer, or 1 oz of liquor. If they were available without the negative health consequences or the intoxication effect, I would very much enjoy tasting them more frequently.
- eurasiantiger 4y agoI posit you are particularly susceptible to the neurophysiological effects elicited by phytochemicals and other psychoactives in those specific beverages. This may be simply due to genetics — maybe you have an under- or overactive neurotransmitter-metabolising enzyme oslt which is temporarily remediated by those drinks in a fashion which produces euphoria — but may also be mediated by diet, medications and even life experiences.