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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

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5 Reasons Why Alcohol and Aging Are Such a Terrible Combination

Regular heavy drinking just gets harder and harder with each year that passes — Drinking was fun for me in my younger days, but over time, the negatives associated with my alcohol consumption gradually increased. Eventually, I came to question why I continued doing something that no longer seemed to enhance my life. If anything, it was causing me more harm than good. Below…

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5 Reasons Why Alcohol and Aging Are Such a Terrible Combination
5 Reasons Why Alcohol and Aging Are Such a Terrible Combination
Alcohol

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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

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Heavy Drinking Gets Weird When You Hit Middle Age

I was turning into someone that I didn’t like — One of the troubling things about problem drinking in middle and older age is that it has a different effect on your brain. You just don’t experience the effects of alcohol in the same way that you did in your younger days. It can mess with your head in new…

Alcohol

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Heavy Drinking Gets Weird When You Hit Middle Age
Heavy Drinking Gets Weird When You Hit Middle Age
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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Sep 20

I Quit Alcohol and Now Everything’s Just Meh!

This is a common condition but believe it or not, there are solid scientific reasons why it happens — There are lots of huge positives that happen when a drinker quits alcohol. Mental and physical health will generally start to improve immediately and hangovers become a thing of the past. It’s often not all sunshine and light, however, especially in the early days and weeks. One common occurrence that…

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I Quit Alcohol and Now Everything’s Just Meh!
I Quit Alcohol and Now Everything’s Just Meh!
Alcohol

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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Sep 14

Before You Quit Alcohol, Do These 3 Things First!

Following these three tips will hopefully make the experience easier for you and improve your chances of success — If you’ve been drinking regularly for years and then suddenly stop, it’s easy to feel lost. That was my experience when I first started taking breaks from the booze. Preparing for sobriety in advance can make it easier to maintain a sense of purpose and not get drawn back into…

Alcohol

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Before You Quit Alcohol, Do These 3 Things First!
Before You Quit Alcohol, Do These 3 Things First!
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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Sep 10

Do You Want to Spend the Rest of Your Life as a Problem Drinker?

Or do you desire change? — Do I really want to carry on like this? It’s a question that most people who drink too much alcohol face eventually. For those with acute issues, it can manifest as a crisis relatively early in life. …

Alcohol

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Do You Want to Spend the Rest of Your Life as a Problem Drinker?
Do You Want to Spend the Rest of Your Life as a Problem Drinker?
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·Sep 7

5 Reasons Why So Many Performers and Musicians Develop Problems With Alcohol

There are additional pressures and temptations — The tragic death of Steve Harwell this week brought something home to me. Having hung out with artistic types throughout my life, it’s striking how easy it can be for creative people, such as musicians, actors, comics, and writers to develop alcohol problems. There are particular risks associated with creativity…

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5 Reasons Why So Many Performers and Musicians Develop Problems With Alcohol
5 Reasons Why So Many Performers and Musicians Develop Problems With Alcohol
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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Aug 25

Pre-Drinking and After-Drinking: The Obsessions of a Heavy Boozer

I couldn’t just drink, I needed to warm up and wind down too — “Drinks before dinner And wine with dinner And after-dinner drinks” — Loudon Wainwright, from the song “Wine With Dinner” There was a time when I would just go to a bar to meet friends, have a few drinks, and then go home. I remember it well. …

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Pre-Drinking and After-Drinking: The Obsessions of a Heavy Boozer
Pre-Drinking and After-Drinking: The Obsessions of a Heavy Boozer
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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Aug 20

Alcohol Was My Fuel, Then It Began to Drain My Life Energy

Boozing enlivened me when I was younger and wrecked me in later life — In my younger days, I could swig back the booze and it would act as a kind of fuel. I’d ride the waves of euphoria and, as long as I didn’t allow the alcohol to wear off, I remained energized and fine. Skip forward a few decades and the opposite…

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Alcohol Was My Fuel, Then It Began to Drain My Life Energy
Alcohol Was My Fuel, Then It Began to Drain My Life Energy
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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Aug 10

The Mundanity of Destroying Yourself With Alcohol

While the level of drama involved in heavy drinking can be overspun, the risks are still real — If the only information that I received about alcohol problems came from the media then I would probably come to the conclusion that it’s all very dramatic. So many of the media stories I see are about addicted celebs battling death and divorce, interrupted only by bouts of recovery spent…

Alcohol

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The Mundanity of Destroying Yourself With Alcohol
The Mundanity of Destroying Yourself With Alcohol
Alcohol

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AINYF…Alcohol is NOT Your Friend

·Jul 30

Persistent Heavy Drinkers Are Destined to Hit a Crisis Point

Long-term excessive alcohol use is unsustainable — One thing that I’ve learned from my boozing career is that sooner or later, virtually all drinkers who persist in consuming alcohol at excessive levels will hit some sort of crisis point. The only variables are really the nature and timing of how the crisis manifests. Even relatively functional heavy…

Alcohol

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Persistent Heavy Drinkers Are Destined to Hit a Crisis Point
Persistent Heavy Drinkers Are Destined to Hit a Crisis Point
Alcohol

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My main focus at Medium is helping people to live their best lives through quitting alcohol and staying sober. https://ko-fi.com/paulgoodman91375

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