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Re: How much do you drink
Just this week I've had my first alcohol (wine and beer) for three months. I just didn't fancy it when I was really ill (first two months) and also contraindicated with some of the meds (final month).
It's been nice to be able to have a glass (just the one) of an evening. But when I was off it I kept thinking about how nice it would be to have a drink; now, having had a few glasses of wine and a can of beer (over the course of a week) I realise it's not that great.
I think for me it was a signifier of being well, so drinking was a marker or milestone that indicated my recovery, rather than a thing in itself.
Ironically, now I can drink I don't much want to so perhaps there's also an element of wanting the thing that is beyond us or forbidden.
Just this week I've had my first alcohol (wine and beer) for three months. I just didn't fancy it when I was really ill (first two months) and also contraindicated with some of the meds (final month).
It's been nice to be able to have a glass (just the one) of an evening. But when I was off it I kept thinking about how nice it would be to have a drink; now, having had a few glasses of wine and a can of beer (over the course of a week) I realise it's not that great.
I think for me it was a signifier of being well, so drinking was a marker or milestone that indicated my recovery, rather than a thing in itself.
Ironically, now I can drink I don't much want to so perhaps there's also an element of wanting the thing that is beyond us or forbidden.