I'm Pretty Much Done Drinking...

[mmmmm...beer 802]

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

[weepaws 3,167]

Good for you, congrats 

[wiffleball 4,789]

I pretty much had to quit drinking - or Jerry was gonna put me down. 🥺

[Bier Meister 1,686]

Very rare these days.  I do enjoy beverages with meals

[Dozer FBG 325]

Continue on with your edible journey. Stay in your wheelhouse and it will be enjoyable…

[Drizzay 713]

7 minutes ago, Dozer FBG said:

Continue on with your edible journey. Stay in your wheelhouse and it will be enjoyable…

This.

[mmmmm...beer 802]

8 minutes ago, Dozer FBG said:

Continue on with your edible journey. Stay in your wheelhouse and it will be enjoyable…

Uhhhh... explain this a smidge?  My what now?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,311]

56 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

you have my number

also bro, do this

https://www.youtheory.com/blogs/recipes/sleepy-girl-mocktail

may sound cheesy, I am the biggest skeptic there is about everything

I drink one of these every night before bed, I went from a crappy 3-4 hours wake up a few times to 6-8 hours every night

ALSO DO NOT TAKE EDIBLES TO SLEEP

thc enhanced sleep prevents REM sleep which is also why you always wake up groggy

ironically, I sell THC gummies as a sleep aid, they do put you to sleep

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,411]

 Different stages of life are easier to navigate. Congrats.

[Dozer FBG 325]

4 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

Uhhhh... explain this a smidge?  My what now?

Well, you say you’ve never smoked weed. Weed smokers build up a tolerance. Some guys can smoke it all day long. Some, like me… a little will do. So, if you go into a dispensary, but up front about your inexperience, and be prepared to cut your gummies in half.

Ease into it. Find what works for you. 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,311]

1 minute ago, Dozer FBG said:

Well, you say you’ve never smoked weed. Weed smokers build up a tolerance. Some guys can smoke it all day long. Some, like me… a little will do. So, if you go into a dispensary, but up front about your inexperience, and be prepared to cut your gummies in half.

Ease into it. Find what works for you. 

he knows a guy, he doesn't need to mess with dispensary garbage

 

[MLCKAA 565]

46 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

Man, you and I are really bros today.  I’ve cut it down to just occasional because it’s simply lost it’s appeal.

[mmmmm...beer 802]

16 minutes ago, Dozer FBG said:

Well, you say you’ve never smoked weed. Weed smokers build up a tolerance. Some guys can smoke it all day long. Some, like me… a little will do. So, if you go into a dispensary, but up front about your inexperience, and be prepared to cut your gummies in half.

Ease into it. Find what works for you. 

Oh... good advice.  Thanks man.

[DonS 3,292]

 

 

[LaChup 233]

You're a quitter.

[frank 2,293]

You should change your name to mmmmm…sprite. 

[DonS 3,292]

4 minutes ago, frank said:

You should change your name to mmmmm…sprite. 

mmmmm...o'douls

[IndyColtsFan 325]

I have a couple of drinks a night and sleep like a rock, like up to 10 hours a night. 

[Thornton Melon 618]

7 hours ago, DonS said:

mmmmm...o'douls

mmmmm...root beer

[Cdub100 3,885]

I'm on day 233 of my 30 day drinking pause.

[Alias Detective 1,393]

12 hours ago, mmmmm...beer said:

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

Is this a grandios plan or just blabber?  I have to ask. 

[mmmmm...beer 802]

41 minutes ago, Alias Detective said:

Is this a grandios plan or just blabber?  I have to ask. 

More a observation?  Wasn't planned or any a forethought to it.  Over a few years... all of the sudden I don't drink much at all.

[Alias Detective 1,393]

5 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said:

More a observation?  Wasn't planned or any a forethought to it.  Over a few years... all of the sudden I don't drink much at all.

I'm plus 10 years alcohol free. Keep it up.

[edjr 6,580]

13 hours ago, mmmmm...beer said:

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

I have curtailed my drinking at home to near zilch because of edibles. 

[BufordT 431]

You're a non drinking renter who wants to be a drug addict?

[jerryskids 6,714]

13 hours ago, wiffleball said:

I pretty much had to quit drinking - or Jerry was gonna put me down. 🥺

I was wondering if you were still drinking.  If you have quit, good for you.  

also @mmmmm...beer -- thanks for the heads up, I'll sell my Chardonnay stock.   

[Bier Meister 1,686]

13 hours ago, wiffleball said:

I pretty much had to quit drinking - or Jerry was gonna put me down. 🥺

[mmmmm...beer 802]

27 minutes ago, BufordT said:

You're a non drinking renter who wants to be a drug addict?

Sums it up... plus I'm gonna work on my Shinobi skills in Japan.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

I am pretty much done.

 

 

 Drinking 

[jerryskids 6,714]

Regarding sleep:  I wear an Oura ring at night to measure heart, temperature, oxygen, some other stuff.  It is quite interesting, as a techie, to see the impact of alcohol on sleep.  There is a clear correlation between higher alcohol consumption and:  higher heart rate, lower heart rate variability (HRV is good, so this is bad), higher temperature, higher respiration rate.  All of this is bad -- your body spends its time processing the jet fuel you've consumed, and not doing its true "sleep" work of healing your brain and body.

It's also interesting that, if I have two or three drinks max, the processing seems to take 8 hours.  If my last drink is at 8PM, at 4AM you can see all of the above parameters start to improve.  There comes a point of consumption, however, where the process takes the entire evening.  I don't usually hit those points any more.

It has definitely helped to convince me to consume less.  I probably should stop altogether, but my cat just died, my wife is out of town, and Friday I leave for Scotland with my son to watch The Open and drink scotch.  So... maybe later.   

Oh, and seeing @MTSkiBum's post reminded me:  the best way I've found to sleep better, other than drinking (or eating late btw), is to sleep cooler.  I highly recommend something like the ChiliPad system:  https://sleep.me/  I've got the basic cube which I like.  How's it going for you, Ski?

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

4 hours ago, jerryskids said:

Regarding sleep:  I wear an Oura ring at night to measure heart, temperature, oxygen, some other stuff.  It is quite interesting, as a techie, to see the impact of alcohol on sleep.  There is a clear correlation between higher alcohol consumption and:  higher heart rate, lower heart rate variability (HRV is good, so this is bad), higher temperature, higher respiration rate.  All of this is bad -- your body spends its time processing the jet fuel you've consumed, and not doing its true "sleep" work of healing your brain and body.

It's also interesting that, if I have two or three drinks max, the processing seems to take 8 hours.  If my last drink is at 8PM, at 4AM you can see all of the above parameters start to improve.  There comes a point of consumption, however, where the process takes the entire evening.  I don't usually hit those points any more.

It has definitely helped to convince me to consume less.  I probably should stop altogether, but my cat just died, my wife is out of town, and Friday I leave for Scotland with my son to watch The Open and drink scotch.  So... maybe later.   

Oh, and seeing @MTSkiBum's post reminded me:  the best way I've found to sleep better, other than drinking (or eating late btw), is to sleep cooler.  I highly recommend something like the ChiliPad system:  https://sleep.me/  I've got the basic cube which I like.  How's it going for you, Ski?

 

Chili pad is awesome. Can't live without it.

[jerryskids 6,714]

33 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

 

Chili pad is awesome. Can't live without it.

I know right?!  As I said I'm about to go to Scotland -- I'm sure the hotel will have some big thick comforter and no amount of external cooling will be enough.   

[OldMaid 2,130]

This is why they invented day drinking. HTH

[jerryskids 6,714]

20 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

This is why they invented day drinking. HTH

It's 10 AM somewhere!   

[GutterBoy 2,898]

I observe the same sleep effects with alcohol on my Fitbit.  Sleep scores much better on alcohol free nights.

[OldMaid 2,130]

3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

It's 10 AM somewhere!   

I don’t have an Oura ring, but an Apple watch and came to the same conclusions as you did, after seeing my sleep data. I still enjoy a single glass of wine or 1 cocktail, but nothing past 6:00pm anymore.

It’s sucks to be old.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,248]

It’s good that guys that can’t drink stop doing it. 

[TheNewGirl 1,452]

20 hours ago, mmmmm...beer said:

No... there was no "incident" or ultimatum.  It's been a gradual decline to almost zilch now.

Just don't find it joyable anymore.  Bang for the buck just isn't there.

Even if I don't get buzzed I sleep like sh!t.  If I do get buzzed I sleep worse.  Oh and then feel out of sorts for a few days.

Meh... it just doesn't enhance my good time at all, rather quite the opposite.
 

PS... I do reserve the right to try an edible or two once I'm not a fed anymore.  Never have partaken, but curious if it would chill me out a bit... a few more months for that.

 

Good for you, beer!!!! 

I quit from Feb 2018 to August of 2022. went down and has continued to go down hill since then and it's been tough to quit but I keep thinking I need to...mainly for the reasons you mention. it's just not "fun" anymore and makes me feel like cr@p at this point in life. Doesn't add anything. 

I too find that edibles are the way to go, but more of a micro-dosing thing; too much and I get paranoid and it feels awful. 

 

[Mike Hunt 275]

I enjoy having 3-4 lite beers to catch a little buzz once in awhile..then that is it.  Had a bad experience with edibles and will never take them again.

Was on a bourbon kick but gave that up a couple years ago. Felt like crap the next day every time I drank bourbon.

[Engorgeous George 2,276]

I drifted away from drinking gradually over the years as well.