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I can see the trend of less drinking. It's hard on the body. Especially as you get older. You sleep like shit. Even with just a couple of drinks. You're less
by aantix 2y ago
I can see the trend of less drinking.
It's hard on the body. Especially as you get older.
You sleep like shit. Even with just a couple of drinks.
You're less patient with the people that you love.
Less motivated.
It just sucks the life out of you.
- vundercind 2y agoMultiple friends have gone “California sober” (no or extremely rare drinking, just weed) and even the heavier users seem much better off for it. I mean, the calories alone are really bad, before you consider the other harmful effects of alcohol. Not saying it’s better than doing neither, necessarily, but it does seem a ton better than drinking.
- bpodgursky 2y agoThere's no trend of less drinking. People are just doing more drugs faster than they are doing more alcohol.
- sctb 2y agoIn case anyone else is curious about some U.S. data on per-capital alcohol consumption: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance-reports/surveillance121 https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance-reports/...
- paulproteus 2y agoThere's a lot of writing about a trend of less drinking. Do you have information to the contrary of them? Here are some references: https://www.theiwsr.com/moderation-trend-drives-demand-for-no-alcohol-products-in-the-uk/ https://www.theiwsr.com/moderation-trend-drives-demand-for-n... https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-drag-down-beer-sales-2018-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-gen-z-drag-down-...
- shipit1999 2y agoIt's harder to be funny in social situations but the mornings are a lot better. :-)
- JKCalhoun 2y ago> Less motivated. > It just sucks the life out of you. Is that exclusive to drinking?
- mvdtnz 2y agoNo one said that.
- Trasmatta 2y agoNot to mention the long term major health risks. It sucks because alcohol seems to unlock a part of my brain in a way that no other drugs can. But the half life is SO short, and you have to keep redosing. And then you inevitably pay for it the next day. I can avoid hangovers pretty well, but even then, my mood is noticeably impacted for at least one or two days after drinking. Even just the shitty sleep you get after a few drinks makes it a hard sell these days...but at the same time, the occasional night drinking helps me feel things I'm not able to otherwise. Ugh. I'm trying to keep it to just a couple nights a month.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoI'm fairly certain EtOH causes depression directly because an antidepressant I take now feels exactly like a hangover whenever I miss a dose and sleep. I don't drink now because there's no particular benefit to it, only risks. Maybe a half glass of wine or one finger of very old single malt whiskey every now and then.