Breaking The Booze Habit, Even Briefly, Has Its Benefits

NPR ^ | 06/23/2019 | April Fulton Allison Aubrey

[dp0622]

I don’t drink anymore...wait for it...

[Spruce]

I Had a wife and a child both drink themselves to death.

[tflabo]

How much do they charge for those non-alcoholic drinks? Booze plus tax is quite pricey these days. Sugary non booze drinks at the same price are moneymakers for the bars.

[Gay State Conservative]

Being of Irish blood...having had an 18 year old niece killed by a drunk driver...*and* having worked in a big city ER for decades...taught me just how breathtakingly devastating alcohol can be.

And so often is.

[BenLurkin]

Sober six plus years. Only regret is not quitting sooner.

[Persevero]

I am so sorry. These experiences must have been devastating.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

” featuring nonalcoholic distilled spirits.”

What is that?

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I drink lots and enjoy it. It is nothing for me to sit down to watch TV with 2 glasses chilling in the fridge and go through 3 or 4 litres of beer before the night is over and it’s time for bed. When we go for our daily walk down at the beach we see a local drunkard who gets totally wasted every day on the same amount I drink as an afterthought. Some people have a switch inside of them that is broken.

[Mears]

Alcoholism ruined my mother’s life——and she didn’t drink.

It can ruin many lives.

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[KierkegaardMAN]

Be not drunk with wine, be instead filled with the Holy Spirit, and controlled by Him!

[Gay State Conservative]

Better late than never.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Possibly almost as pernicious is the less obvious and catastrophic harm it does, the way it is able to keep you from being the person you can and want to be while not being bad enough to force you to change.

[DainBramage]

I only drink two hours a day. Then I go to bed.

[RoosterRedux]

I don't drink anymore and am shocked by how many hours there are in the day...and how nice it is to wake up in the morning with a clear head.

[Fightin Whitey]

Some people have a switch inside of them that is broken.

Right, and then some people only get smarter, funnier, and better looking every night.

[Gay State Conservative]

Why did God create whiskey?

To keep the Irish from ruling the world.

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

Irish ancestry here. Father and mother teetotalers. Brother, retired Army Lt. Col., a teetotaler. I don’t touch the stuff, never needed it, never felt like I would benefit in any way from consuming it. Never touched drugs, pills or pot, never had a yearning for the stuff.

However, God bless the people who need that stuff in their life. You probably feel sorry for me because I am missing out on the pure joys of life. That’s ok. I’ve witnessed enough drunks, pot heads, dopers and meth heads to be thankful I never was drawn to that lifestyle.

[Mears]

:-)

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[eyedigress]

Alcohol is different for most.