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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t drink, but for a lot of people it’s routine: your office has a happy hour, or you got to a fundraiser, or to a sporting event, or out to dinner. You are used to ordering a cocktail or having a glass of wine or something, and you feel a little awkward ordering a Diet Coke.

More restaurants are offering mocktails, but if you’re used to wine, mocktails are usually not the flavor profile you’re going for.

It’s just a hard habit to break, which sometimes can have absolutely nothing to do with dependence.[/quote]

I think this is spot on. And it’s important to remember that a habit and actual dependence are different things.

But I do it because it feels like a reset. For me, there are an outsized number of events between Thanksgiving and Christmas and I tend to have a drink or two at those events. So it feels good to do the opposite for a month or so. But there are still a few events where i would normally have a glass of wine and don’t. It’s not the end of the world hard, but it’s different than my normal habit of drinking at those events. [/quote]

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