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I hope you stick with it. I know too many people who tried addictive substances and failed badly. Specifically I know people who began by drinking just one glass with dinner, but over decades end up with chronic drinking behaviours.

We all “know” the obvious reasons for not drinking. Anecdotally, I see plenty of unobvious health outcomes, like long term negative mental health outcomes from boozing (such as memory issues - I suspect there is a spectrum of memory issues before Korsakoff syndrome).

Also anecdotally, drinking seems to lead to all your social group being drinkers or alcoholics. I unfortunately know very few who don’t occasionally drink to excess (New Zealand has a strong drinking culture).