I drink 1-2 days a week, which is usually Friday night date night with my wife, and Saturday. I rarely drink during the work week, and if I have beers on a Sunday because I didn’t drink Friday or Saturday, I’ll stop by 4pm on Sunday. I hate being groggy for work.
I also don’t drink when things are “going bad” because I don’t want it to be some sort of self medication. I’ve had some stints, (once when I got sick and didn’t drink for almost five months, and several 4-6 week stings when work is going a bit rough), but just like a Beakdoctor I never had a loss of tolerance when I resumed. Probably once a month I overdo it. Some sort of bbq or golfing, I’ll start early and just drink beer all day. I know this sounds bad, but on a long day of drinking, like 12-10, I can polish off 15-20 Natty lights. I don’t really drink liquor/wine, for some reason I don’t tolerate it or have the ability to drink it like beer.
I will say though, I’ve never had the “supreme clarity” you hear people talk about when they don’t drink. For me, I’ve had hangovers on a work night when doing something on a Sunday that I end up pushing past my 4pm rule, but it fades by Tuesday or Wednesday. I don’t let my kids see me drink too much either. I don’t want them to think alcohol is a thing that is as normal as drinking a soda or something. When they get to be adults, they can make their own decisions on alcohol. My mother had never drank alcohol and my dad rarely drank and there was only beer in the fridge for a Tyson fight or something when people would come over to watch fights on PPV or something.
