I stopped drinking about 15 years ago. In some cultures it might be considered rude if you don't have a drink with them. I make it clear, but they can push it sometimes.
I make this a solid boundary that I don't cross anymore. Some others like intermittent fasting and my exercise routine get broken sometimes. I'm OK with that. Life happens.
Congratulations I think totally the same, I also had my bad experiences with alcohol in the past, more than 10 years ago I do not access a drunkenness and I hope to continue accumulating time without doing so.
Here in Latin America you can say that 90% of people 👥 drink alcohol. And regardless of the occasion (there is no lack of occasions) but ever and drink a drink, a drink or some beers, no matter how much they insist that I must share with them.
I even moved away from many acquaintances, whose surroundings and frequent activities consist only of drinking alcohol, partying or simply drinking alcohol for any excuse, a bad day, a good day, national holidays, Christmas, birthday, etc.
I don't mind. They are them and I am me, regardless of whether they do others, I focus on my thought.
And my thought says: "No alcohol"
I have attended family gatherings or close friends, and I do not accompany them with the drink, they with their rum, beer or whatever, and I do the most thing is to take a "Red Bull".
I did start to find it boring when hanging out with drunks. They would often take a long time to say something and repeat themselves often. I had to get some new friends!
Kinda... Around that time I got into vipassana meditation. I also became a vegetarian which lasted about a decade. I don't really practice anymore but I'd like to if I had more time.
Giving up alcohol was possible only when I put time for more important things as a priority. Also, once I start drinking I find it hard to stop. Then I'm out all night and hung over the next day. It just isn't worth the wasted time even though it can be fun.
Any kind of opinion on poorly explained facts. I don't talk about something I don't know. I don't talk, say I don't know, or seek to learn before expressing my position. And that's liberating for me.
CongratulationsI think totally the same, I also had my bad experiences with alcohol in the past, more than 10 years ago I do not access a drunkenness and I hope to continue accumulating time without doing so.