I had a nice steady blood pressure of around 162 over 102 for a couple of years and stopped drinking. After two weeks, no change. After two months, I was right in the middle of “normal”. We thought the machine was broken so we took several readings of me and my wife.
But it was true. And all that that implies.
The cure is worse than the disease. Good health is very important but sanity more so.
I’m a little dense, but you are implying your cutting drinking caused your BP to go back to normal. Did you stop completely? What did you drink before? I guess I started drinking more in the last 5 years, but that would equal less than one Guinness / glass of red wine per day. I can’t imagine that’s what made mine jump from 120/90-160/115.