I think I'm done w/ booze.

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Posted: 10/23/2016 9:49:33 PM EDT

No cool story. No tragic idiocy. Was at my neighborhood dive this weekend and thought I'd have a few and listen to some music. Had three beers and a couple of shots. Nothing. It's a recent development. There is no "buzz". There's "sober" and then "sleepy/off to bed". Anyone else experience this when they hit their 30s? Is it a tumor? Drinking seems like it's just one more thing that bores the hell out of me at this point.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:51:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Try harder.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:51:41 PM EDT

[#2]

Once I reached my early 30's I found drinking to bore me as well.
I will still have one now and again but if I get drunk it takes a few days to recover

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:54:05 PM EDT

[#3]

I went for years without drinking alcohol. I love the taste of bourbon and rye. i occasionally sip a shot of either. I have not been buzzed in a long long time. But then I don't ever drink enough to get buzzed. A single shot in a night is plenty.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:54:17 PM EDT

[#4]

I was done in my late 20s. Then I moved to another city that had a bar scene that was chock full of smoking hot young women and it was the easiest place I've ever been to pick them up. I believe it's because the neighboring cities had bars that closed at 3AM and this place they all closed at 2, so the hard core alcoholics and the guys that were trying to get laid would dismiss the area where the bars closed earlier. I rediscovered how much I enjoyed going out drinking.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:54:52 PM EDT

[#5]

Quitter.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:55:54 PM EDT

[#6]

The other week I hadn't eaten for 24 hours and went to meet my GF for a drink. All was well then people started buying drinks and before I knew it I was sloshed

I hadn't been that drunk since maybe my mid twenties

I remember going to dennys and puking in the bathroom

Zero hangover though so that was nice

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:56:38 PM EDT

[#7]

No one likes a quitter .. try harder

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:57:03 PM EDT

[#8]

I drank a few times in college. I found it led to poor decision making and nausea. Have not had a drink in 30 years.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:57:19 PM EDT

[#9]

I stopped drinking in 2007 after I was hit head-on by a drunk driver. Oddly, that was one of the few times I was actually sober and that could have been me being the drunk driver on any other occasion.

Don't get me wrong, I usually have a celebratory toast of champagne on New Year's Eve, but that is only a few sips. Other than that, I just don't drink any more.

Also, I'll reiterate the mid 30s thing. When I was 34 and drinking daily, I noticed that it started to take me until about Wednesday to recover from my Friday and Saturday binge. I had many a Sunday morning where I was still drunk when I woke up from the night before.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:57:20 PM EDT

[#10]

I wuit cold turkey and never looked back. It is amazing how much better you feel day after day.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:58:53 PM EDT

[#11]

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I was done in my late 20s. Then I moved to another city that had a bar scene that was chock full of smoking hot young women and it was the easiest place I've ever been to pick them up. I believe it's because the neighboring cities had bars that closed at 3AM and this place they all closed at 2, so the hard core alcoholics and the guys that were trying to get laid would dismiss the area where the bars closed earlier. I rediscovered how much I enjoyed going out drinking.

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This story has it all. It's like the opposite of a cautionary tale.

Posted: 10/23/2016 9:59:14 PM EDT

[#12]

Pretty much the same thing has been happening to me. I only drink once or twice per month anymore and even when I do want to get shithammered, I'm asleep in my recliner after 3 beers.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:00:20 PM EDT

[#13]

I get tired of some of the flavors. Like nothing really makes me want to go, "oh man, that's amazing."

It comes and goes.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:00:32 PM EDT

[#14]

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I drank a few times in college. I found it led to poor decision making and nausea. Have not had a drink in 30 years.

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good call, doesn't seem like you were very good at it

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:01:37 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/23/2016 10:02:50 PM EDT

[#16]

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Pretty much the same thing has been happening to me. I only drink once or twice per month anymore and even when I do want to get shithammered, I'm asleep in my recliner after 3 beers.

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aside from something catastrophic like your wife leaving you, or coming back to you, depending on your situation... why would anybody set out to get shitfaced?

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:02:50 PM EDT

[#17]

I am not an alcoholic, but lesser men who drink as much as I do probably are.

Totally can't relate OP. You must be drinking the cheap stuff.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:03:08 PM EDT

[#18]

Learn to appreciate good beer, then learn to brew good beer, then become a middle-aged fat brewer

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:04:49 PM EDT

[#19]

After 30, I quit drinking to get drunk or party.

It's just a nice refreshment sometimes.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:05:01 PM EDT

[#20]

I was a raging drunk prior to my recent deployment, I came back and do not miss the experience.

I'm 37 and 16 months from a military retirement so I am opting out of the lifestyle. I got back in early September and went out twice to my usual hotspots, a complete waste of time and enjoyment.

I'm no prude so I indulge in a Near Beer at my favorite biker bar, they keep it around for the 1%'ers and I have 2 max before I can let anyone talk me into shots of Beam

So now I just sip whiskey at home or have a pint of Guinness. But I don't even get close enough to say I'm enjoying the perceived "buzz"

I don't even miss drinking at this point

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:05:37 PM EDT

[#21]

Time to switch to Kentucky Bourbon

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:06:45 PM EDT

[#22]

I've recently discovered WL Weller bourbon old fashioned's. Pretty good!

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:08:40 PM EDT

[#23]

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I am not an alcoholic, but lesser men who drink as much as I do probably are.

Totally can't relate OP. You must be drinking the cheap stuff.

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Depends. Either Bud/Jack rotation or Woodford if I'm at home. I like IPAs and stouts, but drink AB at bars. Mostly just to irritate the myriad douche newbs riding the microbrew train.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:10:25 PM EDT

[#24]

There was a time where my In-laws thought I needed help with how much I drank. Now, 25 years later, I may have a beer at dinner. Completely different person now and I believe better for it.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:10:40 PM EDT

[#25]

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No cool story. No tragic idiocy. Was at my neighborhood dive this weekend and thought I'd have a few and listen to some music. Had three beers and a couple of shots. Nothing. It's a recent development. There is no "buzz". There's "sober" and then "sleepy/off to bed". Anyone else experience this when they hit their 30s? Is it a tumor? Drinking seems like it's just one more thing that bores the hell out of me at this point.

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You're not alone. I have all sorts of whiskys and rums that just sit there. Hell I have a two year old six-pack of Shiner in my other fridge. I don't even know why I have the stuff anymore. I rarely drink. I never cared for bars. Too old to be binge drinking and I find being drunk just flat out stupid. I'm pretty sure detoxing people played a large part.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:10:44 PM EDT

[#26]

This happened in my mid twenties. Boredom with alcohol and also boredom with my friends who still liked to drink alcohol in quantity. I have a drink or two a few times a year and sometimes no times per year. I really only miss it when I think of the retarded shit I did when drunk, the kind of shit I would never do now with responsibilities so I really don't miss it but just some hilarious memories. Luckily two of my best friends went through the same experience shortly after I did.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:12:16 PM EDT

[#27]

You know best. Quit while your ahead.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:13:01 PM EDT

[#28]

Buy the expensive stuff and sip on it, that's what I do.

I don't even make an attempt to get a buzz, I just enjoy.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:13:09 PM EDT

[#29]

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After 30, I quit drinking to get drunk or party.

It's just a nice refreshment sometimes.

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Yeah I'm 35. Don't mind a little buzz but waking up the next morning hungover and foggy brain stuff is well long gone.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:13:20 PM EDT

[#30]

Family history of alcoholism and me getting to the point where I was starting to have blank spots and waking up to angry people got me to dial it way the fuck back.

Then the hangovers started getting debilitating and multi day, cut back even further. To the point where a 6 pack of beer would last me a weekend or 6 months.

Now I am on the Keto diet and can't drink beer. Not a fan of hard liquor so sober it is.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:14:58 PM EDT

[#31]

I decided this too. Over the weekend, I took $300+ worth of six pack bottles in exchange for $8

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:17:02 PM EDT

[#32]

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This happened in my mid twenties. Boredom with alcohol and also boredom with my friends who still liked to drink alcohol in quantity. I have a drink or two a few times a year and sometimes no times per year. I really only miss it when I think of the retarded shit I did when drunk, the kind of shit I would never do now with responsibilities so I really don't miss it but just some hilarious memories. Luckily two of my best friends went through the same experience shortly after I did.

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Sounds like me. I just get goofy and socialable.

I've done some retarded stuff when drunk.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:19:59 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/23/2016 10:20:10 PM EDT

[#34]

I gave it up, boring.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:22:05 PM EDT

[#35]

I stopped drinking alcohol in March. Don't miss it one bit.

Booze is probably the most overrated substance on the planet.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:27:16 PM EDT

[#36]

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aside from something catastrophic like your wife leaving you, or coming back to you, depending on your situation... why would anybody set out to get shitfaced?

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Pretty much the same thing has been happening to me. I only drink once or twice per month anymore and even when I do want to get shithammered, I'm asleep in my recliner after 3 beers.

aside from something catastrophic like your wife leaving you, or coming back to you, depending on your situation... why would anybody set out to get shitfaced?

Drunk Sex, I am a golden god and she doesn't remember how crappy I was at it so I still a golden god the next day.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:27:19 PM EDT

[#37]

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I stopped drinking alcohol in March. Don't miss it one bit.

Booze is probably the most overrated substance on the planet.

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Another tip, If you have to mix it with a soda of your choice, It's not good booze.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:29:16 PM EDT

[#38]

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No cool story. No tragic idiocy. Was at my neighborhood dive this weekend and thought I'd have a few and listen to some music. Had three beers and a couple of shots. Nothing. It's a recent development. There is no "buzz". There's "sober" and then "sleepy/off to bed". Anyone else experience this when they hit their 30s? Is it a tumor? Drinking seems like it's just one more thing that bores the hell out of me at this point.

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I'm in my 30s. My experience is different but I'm ready to quit also.

I just have to accept it, which hasn't happened yet.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:30:17 PM EDT

[#39]

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No one likes a quitter .. try harder

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Posted: 10/23/2016 10:31:54 PM EDT

[#40]

I'll have a drink here and there, mostly with friends.

It really doesn't do anything for me. I can go months without a drop and it doesn't bother me.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:32:36 PM EDT

[#41]

You gotta drink through that tired shit. 3 or 4 beers and I get sleepy to. 8 beers and a half bottle of bourbon and I am ready to FUCKIN ROCK AND ROLL, baby.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:33:09 PM EDT

[#42]

Took me till my early 40s. Shit just bores me as well OP. Like you grow out of it or something. I was into some high end whiskeys. Now just don't have time for it...and recovering from the subsequent dehydration.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:36:20 PM EDT

[#43]

It's not for some people, but quality over quantity is the name of the game. Went out for my birthday last night and had about 8 beers. Terrible headache this morning, but some coffee and breakfast cleared it right up.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:41:04 PM EDT

[#44]

I go through phases of drinking. I'm 31 6'2" and 225 and if I haven't had a lot to eat I can feel buzzed off one good stiff whiskey and cok.e.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:44:40 PM EDT

[#45]

It's a phenomenon that I'm not sure the name of but you experienced it.

You didn't drink enough to be in "party mode" you only drink enough to get sleepy.

When you are with friends and get to drinking, you get into party mode and you drink more and have fun. You were drinking alone and only had a few beers and some shots and that was only enough to get you tired.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:46:00 PM EDT

[#46]

It doesn't interest me like it used to, but I haven't found something to replace it yet.

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Posted: 10/23/2016 10:47:18 PM EDT

[#47]

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You gotta drink through that tired shit. 3 or 4 beers and I get sleepy to. 8 beers and a half bottle of bourbon and I am ready to FUCKIN ROCK AND ROLL, baby.

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That's my point. A couple of months ago I had maybe 3/4 of a bottle of Bulliet. At no point was I ready to rock and roll. Nor did I feel especially "shit-faced". I was just bored. It's like I've killed all the weak brain cells and the battled hardened bastards left floating around my amygdala just don't give a shit. I realize I'm drunk at that point, but then I just want to call it a night. There's no chill in between. I've also always been told that people can't tell when I'm drunk. I mean, I can, but I've had people think I'm sober and be surprised when I let them know I've just killed a bottle of bourbon. I don't drink that hard these days and without the relaxed buzz it just seems pointless in general.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:47:47 PM EDT

[#48]

I will get a beer buzz every now and then but getting fewer and far between. I worked with an alcoholic that lost his family, job and soon his life. He is my age, 55 and was a great athlete and heck of a guy when he was young. It was literally hard to watch. I expect to see him in the obits any day now.

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:48:39 PM EDT

[#49]

i think that's called growing up

Posted: 10/23/2016 10:55:33 PM EDT

[#50]

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No cool story. No tragic idiocy. Was at my neighborhood dive this weekend and thought I'd have a few and listen to some music. Had three beers and a couple of shots. Nothing. It's a recent development. There is no "buzz". There's "sober" and then "sleepy/off to bed". Anyone else experience this when they hit their 30s? Is it a tumor? Drinking seems like it's just one more thing that bores the hell out of me at this point.

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Yep, and I was a hard drinker. I'd either get stupid blackout crazy drunk, or just go to sleep. Its fun when you're still a kid. I'm just over a year sober and honestly it has been the best year of my life. I met the perfect woman and have earned over $7k in free gun shit because I got an awesome job instead of going from one bartending gig to another.

And you'll never, ever, ever get a DUI if you're sober. If you've never had one, you have no idea how bad you don't want one.

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