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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve experienced the same shift. Had my binge drinking nights in youth but not a ton, became a semi regular drinker in my 30s and early 40s which usually meant a few drinks with friends a few times a month and a frequent glass of wine at home while cooking dinner. Sometime in my mid 40s as I grappled with perimenopausal symptoms I found the pleasure of wine no longer outweighed the possibility of migraine or just feeling less myself after a day with a drink or two. My body just doesn’t process it as well anymore and since I live in a state where cannabis is legal, I have embraced the after work bowl over the after work glass of wine - it’s a nice buzz without any of the negatives of alcohol including disrupted sleep and potential migraine. From what I’ve been reading in the health news pages, this shift is much to the benefit of my health - alcohol in any significant quantity is really not good for the aging body. I’ll stick to my glass of wine at thanksgiving Christmas and Easter and cannabis all other times.[/quote]

OP here, sadly, I hate pot. I went to the most weed-centric college in the US and quickly discovered it wasn’t for me. I guess I’m destined for a buzz-free life. [/quote]

From your age it seems we went to college around the same time - so I would just point out that pot has changed a lot since then, and you might want to reconsider. You don’t say why you hated pot but I can surely attest to having had some bad experiences with pot in my youth because quality was always a crap shoot getting it on the street. The last few years I have explored many different strains from the dispensaries I frequent and been guided in my choices by budtenders and reviews on Leafly. It’s possible to find a strain that doesn’t cause unpleasant side effects you might have experienced in the past such as excessive paranoia, dry mouth, munchies, etc. It’s also possible to ingest in different ways if it’s the smoking of flower that you dislike.

I know a lot of professional folks who have cut way back on drinking and gotten away from Pharma solutions for sleeplessness, anxiety, chronic pain etc. by using cannabis. I’m so grateful to have it as I go through middle age and these often trying times we live in.[/quote]

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