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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
So true. People tend to associate alcoholics or alcohol addiction with movie characters like Nic Cage from Leaving Las Vegas or William H Macy in Shameless but those are the extreme cases.
Or they think of extreme drug addicts like Bubbles in the Wire.
But like most things on movies and tv, the nuance of addiction and dependency is totally lost. So often it’s more related to other issues and self medicating but doesn’t become fully destructive the way media has conditioned us to think. There’s such a wide spectrum.
As for quitting, OP there are no shortage of non alcoholic beers available and more places carry them all the time. They’re about as expensive as regular beer but it may help you avoid feeling like the odd man out if all your friends are drinking.
If motivation is a factor, I used an app when I quit smoking that tracked the number of days since I last smoked and gave me little tidbits about the health benefits. I imagine you could find something similar for booze if you were so inclined.
Good luck!
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This is something that annoys me, how drinking is portrayed in Movies and TV.
You see a character pour like 3 fingers of Scotch and slam it back and then have a couple more and then cut to the next scene and they're perfectly sober and saving the world or something.
Nah, nah, nah....first of all thats not how you drink Scotch and secondly thats not the way the next few minutes or hours are going to go down if you do that.
Its wildly absurd, but if someone who doesnt drink much sees that it massively mis-portrays how alcohol works.
Everything in moderation including moderation and for some people that doesnt work so they quit.
Long ago I realized the social pressures inherent with drinking and so I make a concerted effort to not only not pressure anyone into drinking but actively support them if they choose not to.
If I go out to a pub with friends and they dont want alcohol and someone says:
"Come on man! Just have one!"
No. If they dont want to drink then they dont want to drink, its fine, dont push it on them...like, what? Are you getting a cut of the alcohol sales or something? Leave them alone.
In terms of giving it up forever, thats tough, if thats the route someone chooses then good for them.
I do always get a bit of a chuckle out of: "But hey, in moderation alcohol has some health benefits though!!"
Sure. Maybe. But I'd contend that probably not as many health benefits as...I dont know, going for a short jog or something?