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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's an alcoholic, sorry. [/quote]
^Not this.

As you seem to be aware, there are clinical criteria for alcohol use disorder, and "needing a drink to relax" does not of itself make one an alcoholic.  It might be leading down that path, but it also might not.

I was in the habit of having one or two drinks a night (mid 40s, male).  Probably haven't been drunk in a decade or so.  The reason I quit drinking was because I started going to the gym every day after work.  THAT takes the edge off and puts me in a good mood afterward.  I discovered after a while (and after also starting to wear a Whoop fitness monitor thing) that the drinking was counterproductive to what I wanted to accomplish at the gym.  No kidding, I know.

Basically, the realization that a single serving of alcohol was 200 calories of straight sugar was what made me quit.  I wouldn't sit around drinking a coke, so I won't sit around drinking a glass of wine, or a beer, or a scotch, or a gin and tonic.

Beer is sugar.[/quote]

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