[loveparade]

I haven't had a drink in 6 months or so. Not because I wanted to stop, I just have not had the desire to drink recently.

Now I would love to tell you about all the amazing magical healthy benefits that have come with that, but unfortunately there are none. I feel no difference at all.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

When I stopped drinking I almost immediately lost like 15 lbs. It just fell off without doing anything else different over a few weeks. It was just the extra calories from both the drinks themselves and the snacks I would usually eat with or after drinks. It stayed off too.

[Balgair]

Haha! I'm ~4 years 'sober' and I can say the same!

However I have a rather large confound: Kids.

I'm sure that if I was drinking regularly still that I would feel much worse than I do today. But the effects of children are powerful enough to my system that they overrule any positive effects of this forced sobriety.

(To be clear: I'll have a drink every blue moon or so, but it's quite rare I get enough time off to enjoy anything like a buzz these days)

[gandalfgreybeer]

Based from my experience, stopping drinking didn't have noticeable effects as well. However, whenever I would drink once in a blue moon socially, it feels even worse than what I remember. I think it just felt normal before.

[abrookewood]

Yeah, I did the same for roughly 6 months and I don't think that I felt better .. I just never felt SHIT.

[andsoitis]

Sleeping better? Clearer skin? Lost fat? Biological age < calendar age?

[californical]

But I bet whenever (if?) you do have a beer or two again, you’ll notice how it affects your sleep and probably just makes you feel kinda meh.

I say that as an occasional drinker. Some of my family loves to drink, nearly every evening. But I join them occasionally and just feel kinda bloated and bad, especially if it’s been a few weeks. Makes it harder to make other healthy choices

But yeah love the taste of beer so it is all about tradeoffs!

[brianpan]

You should not be touting magical health benefits on a sample size of one either way.

There are already plenty of studies available to be found.