Nice to see this thread coming back to life, some great and intelligent, heartfelt responses.
For me... I'm still drinking and still enjoying it but as the years go on I can't handle it like I used to. I remember when me and my best mate Dan The Postman used to have 'the five pint rule'... we'd start drinking and set that benchmark and see how we felt before taking a rational decision to carry on. Nowadays it's more like the 'three pint rule'... it just like if we drink anymore than that and it goes straight to our heads, bloats the stomach to sometimes painful effect and, once you've 'cracked the seal', means you're pissing like a racehorse every twenty minutes. Excuse those nasty details.
I truly miss the days when I could just tip it down my throat for hours on end, regardless of consequence. But it just ain't happening anymore. But do I want to give up? Nope. As Shush said, life's too short to give up on the fun stuff. And I do regularly take a break from drinking, two or three weeks when I don't touch a drop and I have little or no comeback from it other than maybe mild sleeplessness.
I'm a drinker and am quite happy with it. But I respect anyone who decided to give it up and I wish the all the best with their sobriety.
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