Alcohol was a net-positive in so many ways for me. I talk more about that aspect in the 6 month post here: https://www.bobbytables.io/p/six-months-sober

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k__ 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm always a bit disappointed when I look at the effects of staying sober.

All these people writing about how they turned their life around, sleeping better, thinking clearer, getting more healthy, etc.

I stopped drinking 3 or 4 years ago and I don't feel any better for it.

However, I only drank like one or two nights a month, when going on a party, so most of my life I was sober anyway.

The only thing I noticed is that I'm now more awkward in social situations. I mean, sure, I might be healthier than before, but I don't have any numbers for that. It's just a thing I assume to be true.

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IAmBroom a minute ago | parent | next [-]

You noted that you were on the lower end of alcohol abuse practices for people with drinking problems, and bemoan that changing didn't do more to improve your life.

If you were only 15 pounds overweight, you wouldn't expect to see the same gains in health, energy, and so forth as someone who was 100 pounds overweight.

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zamalek 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I scored a 1-2 for AUD (12 beers a week), so extremely mild - and the only thing that has improved is having a deeper well to draw from emotionally, when things get tough. It does feel like it was a net positive too.

But there are also things like potentially living longer, which don't have a feel.

	▲	k__ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah None of my grand parents made it over 65, all of them heavy drinkers. So, I'd probably have that going for me.

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