Tag: Drinking Culture
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Alcohol + A Pandemic = Terrible Decision-Making
I stopped drinking alcohol just over four years ago. I didn’t “have to” per se, but the mood stabilizer I started taking gives all alcohol a grapefruit skin-like aftertaste making it completely unpalatable. Given a choice between drinking and not being depressed, I’ll take the latter, thanks. And anyway — it’s not like consuming alcohol…
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Notes From A Former Drinker — Drinking Culture Is Really, Really, REALLY Stupid
Perspective is the damnedest thing. For the overwhelming majority of my adult life, I was a drinker. I never thought of myself as an alcoholic though I drank at least 2 glasses of wine every day. Religiously. I prided myself on making not merely a good martini but a great one (I still do as…
