I stopped drinking alcohol some years ago. Before that I hardly consumed any alcohol at all for many years, but in my college years and maybe some years after that, I drank socially like “everybody else”. But I gradually kind of got tired of dealing with the bad feelings (physical and emotional), so I drank less and less.
And maybe because I drank less and less, even one beer often just made me feel kind of bad, so then I just stopped altogether. Anyway, I’m curious if this has happened to anyone else? And how do you go by it socially? What do you order at a bar? Maybe I’m a little afraid to go to places that has an “alcohol culture”, even if there are some places I would like to go. I don’t want to drink, but at the same time I don’t want to appear weird about it either.
I would drink on the weekends, most every weekend. Didn’t matter if I was alone playing games or out with friends. Ever since I had a kid 6 months ago I rarely drink at all. I’ll have a beer when going out for supper or a beer when out with friends. I mainly stopped because I didn’t want to feel shitty while trying to deal with a baby. Now I find if I have more than a couple beers in a night I’m feeling crappy which is crazy considering 6 months ago I was drinking 6+ a night on the weekends. I don’t miss drinking at all and much like yourself I find they just make me feel kind of bad.