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A lot of discussions about stopping drinking leave out precisely how much the person was drinking before. I can understand why, of course, but it does make it d
by allenu 2y ago
A lot of discussions about stopping drinking leave out precisely how much the person was drinking before. I can understand why, of course, but it does make it difficult for "non-drinkers" to grok how big the change could be on a person's health.
Thankfully for me, I've never been a heavy drinker, maybe having 1 or 2 beers in a period of a week or two, at most. I don't really hang out with heavy drinkers, so it surprised me when friends would mention they were drinking several alcoholic beverages a night regularly. I suppose it changed how I viewed discussions of people getting off alcohol. They've got a bigger hurdle to get over to stop drinking that much and would definitely see a big change on their health and their budget. If I stopped having it at all, I probably would not notice a difference.
- SoftTalker 2y agoI think "heavy drinking" is something that people interpret differently. In some cultures having a couple of beers a day (example, Germany, Scandinavia) or a couple of glasses of wine (France) would be pretty normal while some other people might view daily drinking as a "problem." To me it's a problem if you can't stop when you want to or feel cravings when you do. Like I said I'll have a bourbon or two occasionally but I also go weeks sometimes without drinking at all. Sometimes, around the holidays especially or when a group of friends gets together I'll drink more. This seems pretty normal to me.