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[quote=Anonymous]Cold Turkey after my annual physical labs workup showed my bad cholesterol had jumped 20+ points in the span of a year. I was very sick at the beginning of covid for an incredibly long time and during that period I drank nothing. That was the easy quit. I wanted to feel well again and was willing to do anything. Slowly but surely, my body recovered, so I started back drinking — 1-2 cocktails here, a glass of wine there, till I realized when I was out w/friends I was drinking 3-4 cocktails or more per night along w/other drinks and I had also started back on margaritas at home and very quickly I had fallen into the drinking trap again. I drank more this past summer than I had in the previous two years combined. Not good. I wasn’t feeling great plus it showed up in my bloodwork. I was just barely w/in the normal cholesterol range and that was enough to make me snap out of it. Like other posters, I started drinking La Croix in a wine glass. I don’t even like carbonated beverages, but it does the trick! The hardest is the first few times you go out w/friends and everyone is ordering amazing cocktails. I opted for a great mocktail instead and was satisfied. It’s gotten easier. Overall, I feel better. And I love that I can out late w/friends and wake up still feeling refreshed. I don’t miss it. My health is too important. Best of luck! [/quote]

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