i spent a summer working in japan about a decade ago. like out in the country with a group of guys my age (late 20s/early 30s). everyone smoked like chimneys and drank like fish every evening, which ratcheted up big time on the occasional "the big boss is taking us all out" nights.
those were back in my "i drink a bottle of wine a day" days when i still smoked sometimes and i was the only guest/US guy, so i joined in. but they were crazy. i came across as Mr. Reserved because i never got sloppy. like i tried to explain that, in the US, you can't just get so shitfaced that you fall asleep at a bar, on the street or otherwise in public. you will get in trouble with the law. their minds exploded when i explained about dry counties.
anyway, i personally tapered off big time several years ago and basically went dry around covid. i've maybe had 6-7 alcoholic drinks since 2020 started and almost all of those were in a 2 week period when i was on vacation. it doesn't seem to have hurt me, lol. maybe the kids these days are onto something.
I went dry same time too, I definitely had a problematic relationship with alcohol to put it lightly. It was one of the healthiest things I've ever done for myself and it's been way easier to stay sober now - also, no one seems to care anymore if you drink or not which is either just an aging thing or post-covid thing (I think the former).
yeah, you're right that not-drinking has not been remarked upon. i also kicked tobacco ( i was at about 1 a day) when covid hit. but i ate like an idiot and was fairly sedentary for that first year, so it was kind of a wash health wise with all the new things to be stressed about.
since then i've been putting effort into re-starting and maintain good habits with regards to activity and nutrition and it's gone fairly OK. it's pretty wild how many good decisions one can make at the beginning of the day when one isn't cringing through a hangover, so i'm trying to build on successes when i see easy opportunities ("bored? take a walk!"). i think i would be in a much darker place if i was like "eh, fuck it" about my health at this point.
people generally guess i'm 7-10+ years younger than i am, though i credit that to my immature disposition as much as anything.
i spent a summer working in japan about a decade ago. like out in the country with a group of guys my age (late 20s/early 30s). everyone smoked like chimneys and drank like fish every evening, which ratcheted up big time on the occasional "the big boss is taking us all out" nights.
those were back in my "i drink a bottle of wine a day" days when i still smoked sometimes and i was the only guest/US guy, so i joined in. but they were crazy. i came across as Mr. Reserved because i never got sloppy. like i tried to explain that, in the US, you can't just get so shitfaced that you fall asleep at a bar, on the street or otherwise in public. you will get in trouble with the law. their minds exploded when i explained about dry counties.
anyway, i personally tapered off big time several years ago and basically went dry around covid. i've maybe had 6-7 alcoholic drinks since 2020 started and almost all of those were in a 2 week period when i was on vacation. it doesn't seem to have hurt me, lol. maybe the kids these days are onto something.
I went dry same time too, I definitely had a problematic relationship with alcohol to put it lightly. It was one of the healthiest things I've ever done for myself and it's been way easier to stay sober now - also, no one seems to care anymore if you drink or not which is either just an aging thing or post-covid thing (I think the former).
yeah, you're right that not-drinking has not been remarked upon. i also kicked tobacco ( i was at about 1 a day) when covid hit. but i ate like an idiot and was fairly sedentary for that first year, so it was kind of a wash health wise with all the new things to be stressed about.
since then i've been putting effort into re-starting and maintain good habits with regards to activity and nutrition and it's gone fairly OK. it's pretty wild how many good decisions one can make at the beginning of the day when one isn't cringing through a hangover, so i'm trying to build on successes when i see easy opportunities ("bored? take a walk!"). i think i would be in a much darker place if i was like "eh, fuck it" about my health at this point.
people generally guess i'm 7-10+ years younger than i am, though i credit that to my immature disposition as much as anything.
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