I haven't had a drink in 6 months or so. Not because I wanted to stop, I just have not had the desire to drink recently.

Now I would love to tell you about all the amazing magical healthy benefits that have come with that, but unfortunately there are none. I feel no difference at all.

When I stopped drinking I almost immediately lost like 15 lbs. It just fell off without doing anything else different over a few weeks. It was just the extra calories from both the drinks themselves and the snacks I would usually eat with or after drinks. It stayed off too.

Haha! I'm ~4 years 'sober' and I can say the same!

However I have a rather large confound: Kids.

I'm sure that if I was drinking regularly still that I would feel much worse than I do today. But the effects of children are powerful enough to my system that they overrule any positive effects of this forced sobriety.

(To be clear: I'll have a drink every blue moon or so, but it's quite rare I get enough time off to enjoy anything like a buzz these days)

Based from my experience, stopping drinking didn't have noticeable effects as well. However, whenever I would drink once in a blue moon socially, it feels even worse than what I remember. I think it just felt normal before.

Yeah, I did the same for roughly 6 months and I don't think that I felt better .. I just never felt SHIT.

Sleeping better? Clearer skin? Lost fat? Biological age < calendar age?

But I bet whenever (if?) you do have a beer or two again, you’ll notice how it affects your sleep and probably just makes you feel kinda meh.

I say that as an occasional drinker. Some of my family loves to drink, nearly every evening. But I join them occasionally and just feel kinda bloated and bad, especially if it’s been a few weeks. Makes it harder to make other healthy choices

But yeah love the taste of beer so it is all about tradeoffs!

You should not be touting magical health benefits on a sample size of one either way.

There are already plenty of studies available to be found.