Wow. Do you really feel like I'm forcing my choice on you? I wrote a blog post sharing my experience. 3 years I've enjoyed fully. Maybe you don't need to do it the way I've done it and can make every moment of your life a party with or without alcohol.
And I'm fully capable of regulating my drink. What I'm getting at is finding other ways to find the mental benefits drinking provides, ie, being able to have the confidence / happiness being buzzed/drunk provides... without needing the alcohol.
> Like with most things it's easy to slide down a slippery slope. One glass of wine turns into two and then you've polished off the rest of the bottle.
A date with one girl turns into two, and then you're hiring infected hookers.
A piece of cake turns into two, and then you've eaten the entire cake and then you get diabetes.
Five miles over the speed limit turns into ten, and then you're arrested for going 50 over the speed limit.
If you don't like alcohol, and find it hard to only have one drink, and decide to not drink at all, that's great! I'm glad you found something that works for you. But your comments strongly imply that your experience is everyone else's experience, and that we're just in denial about it.
Well, you did say, "Like with most things it's easy to slide down a slippery slope. One glass of wine turns into two and then you've polished off the rest of the bottle," as if you automatically assume others can't control their drinking.
As for the "confidence/happiness" that drinking brings, I wonder if you're not projecting again. Personally, drinking doesn't make me any more confident. It doesn't make me happy in and of itself, though it can help to reduce stress. And there you're talking about "needing the alcohol," as if appreciating the effects of something is "needing" it...
I wrote the post for people that use drinking as a way to enjoy an experience more. Those are the kind of people who often slide down that slope. I recognize that a lot of people don't have any issues with this slope. Sorry for sliding you down it.
I wrote the post for people that use drinking as a way to enjoy an experience more. Those are the kind of people who often slide down that slope.
And I think that's completely a false assumption to make about people. I myself might drink because I enjoy the element that the feeling of warmth and relaxation adds to a conversation with friends. So, I may be using it to enjoy an experience 'more' but that has nothing to do with sliding down a slope. Friends and I may sometimes enjoy drinking as the social setting, the activity for the night. The actual entertainment comes not from the drinking itself, but from the social interaction and camaraderie. It's a shared experience, and that's what human interaction is largely about.
It sounds like you're trying to address an audience of unaware alcoholics. Or extremely dull people who rely exclusively on drinking as sole entertainment.
And I'm fully capable of regulating my drink. What I'm getting at is finding other ways to find the mental benefits drinking provides, ie, being able to have the confidence / happiness being buzzed/drunk provides... without needing the alcohol.