I have the opposite problem. I have the mutation that allows my body to crank out massive quantities of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. So back in the day, I could drink like a fish and almost never suffer a hangover. While this might be convenient in the short term, it greatly increases the risk of alcoholism, since it disables the main feedback mechanism telling you that you’re harming yourself.
Luckily, my mother gave me a chat about our family history (lots of early deaths from alcoholism and alcohol-related suicide and misadventure) and I had recently had some disturbing close-call experiences of my own while drunk, so I quit in my mid-20s. I don’t abstain completely, but haven’t had more than a couple of pints in a day since. It’s been 40 years. For long periods, I had no alcohol at all. I get it that some people can’t cut back without abstaining completely, and can’t quit without support, but I was fortunate in being able to. If you’re trying to quit, do whatever works for you. Not everybody’s the same and there’s no shame in getting help.
Incidentally, cirrhosis is just as shitty a way to leave this world as cancer is, so the cancer news is a drag, but other factors already motivated my behavior change.
I previously quit for a decade almost completely, drinking like you a couple here and there, by restarting running distance, also using kratom to help get started until the endorphins take over.
Physical exertion and alcohol do not go well together, I wanted to go running not drink.
I restarted drinking homebrew by choice just last year. Working on maple wines and other herb infused drinks, with syrup I make, until I start malting barley and growing hops to make ipa. But I do not get falling down drunk and am happy regardless but I choose to get buzzed lately if at home, I may mostly transition to traditional herbals soon though.
I share your “gift”. No matter how much or how many days I drank, next morning the only symptom was tiredness. My partying never really got out hand, but I just kind of lost interest in it after my studies.
My both granddads died of alcohol-related causes before my birth, so the danger was very real. Without the fear of hangover it would have been so easy to just keep on going. Luckily I never felt any pull towards it.
I got my first real hangover when I was closer to 30 and it was a mindblowingly horrible experience. Nowadays I get drunk maybe once or twice a year and I do enjoy a craft beer or two on weekends, but that’s it.
I have the opposite problem. I have the mutation that allows my body to crank out massive quantities of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. So back in the day, I could drink like a fish and almost never suffer a hangover. While this might be convenient in the short term, it greatly increases the risk of alcoholism, since it disables the main feedback mechanism telling you that you’re harming yourself.
Luckily, my mother gave me a chat about our family history (lots of early deaths from alcoholism and alcohol-related suicide and misadventure) and I had recently had some disturbing close-call experiences of my own while drunk, so I quit in my mid-20s. I don’t abstain completely, but haven’t had more than a couple of pints in a day since. It’s been 40 years. For long periods, I had no alcohol at all. I get it that some people can’t cut back without abstaining completely, and can’t quit without support, but I was fortunate in being able to. If you’re trying to quit, do whatever works for you. Not everybody’s the same and there’s no shame in getting help.
Incidentally, cirrhosis is just as shitty a way to leave this world as cancer is, so the cancer news is a drag, but other factors already motivated my behavior change.
I previously quit for a decade almost completely, drinking like you a couple here and there, by restarting running distance, also using kratom to help get started until the endorphins take over.
Physical exertion and alcohol do not go well together, I wanted to go running not drink.
I restarted drinking homebrew by choice just last year. Working on maple wines and other herb infused drinks, with syrup I make, until I start malting barley and growing hops to make ipa. But I do not get falling down drunk and am happy regardless but I choose to get buzzed lately if at home, I may mostly transition to traditional herbals soon though.
I share your “gift”. No matter how much or how many days I drank, next morning the only symptom was tiredness. My partying never really got out hand, but I just kind of lost interest in it after my studies.
My both granddads died of alcohol-related causes before my birth, so the danger was very real. Without the fear of hangover it would have been so easy to just keep on going. Luckily I never felt any pull towards it.
I got my first real hangover when I was closer to 30 and it was a mindblowingly horrible experience. Nowadays I get drunk maybe once or twice a year and I do enjoy a craft beer or two on weekends, but that’s it.