I don't know. Prob 10-15 per week. Maybe a little more sometimes.

I don't know exactly, because I don't meter things out with a jigger or one of those Utah clickers...so I'm not sure exactly how heavy I'm pouring...but I'd say 15ish, +/-.

1/8/2024 10:37:27 PM

Maybe 2-3 drinks/week. The lowest it’s been since college, I’m sure. Not really an intentional choice. It just doesn’t fit my lifestyle like it used to.

1/9/2024 6:27:55 AM

Probably down to 4-8 drinks a month at this point.

In 2019, I seriously reduced my overall alcohol intake. Shit will eventually catch up with you.

1/9/2024 12:01:57 PM

Greatly reduced. Most days I consume no alcohol. This is a struggle for me, though, because alcohol is a component of a lot of my culture and heritage. (We're from Wisconsin.)

My wife has been mostly sober for 5 months now and I'm so proud of her.

1/9/2024 12:59:30 PM

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"This is a struggle for me, though, because alcohol is a component of a lot of my culture and heritage. (We're from Wisconsin.)"

Everyone should drink less brandy old fashioneds. Wisconsin is fuckin weird

1/9/2024 1:11:59 PM

being from Wisconsin comes with a 3 drink minimum

my mom invited us over for cocktails
I told my parents we were quitting drinking
she was like "Oh, that's okay. We've got beer and wine, too."

1/9/2024 1:45:06 PM

Hahaha

I had a roommate from Madison, WI back like 15-20 years ago. That dude subsisted on beer, sausage, and cheese.

1/9/2024 9:02:53 PM

I was born in Madison, Wisconsin.

But the place my family is from -- Outagamie County -- is the heaviest drinking county in all of Wisconsin.

Highest rate of binge drinking in the country. So I'm working to overcome cultural traditions AND the way I was raised by my parents. They started giving me alcohol when I was an early teenager and I was allowed beer or wine at meals starting at age 15/16. At 17 or 18 I could mix a cocktail but I wasn't allowed to leave the house afterwards.

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2021/06/07/alcohol-outagamie-calumet-counties-top-u-s-excessive-drinking/7510658002/

1/11/2024 11:49:52 AM

coming up on a year since my last update/bloodwork results.

I've been drinking more than I did between march and october of last year when I really cut back, but it's still nowhere near as much as I had been in previous years and I fluctuate from month to month. I don't think it's been excessive, but an updated blood panel will tell the truth. gotta schedule an appointment...

8/10/2024 1:55:06 PM

^TSB Crossover!

8/10/2024 4:43:34 PM

I'm sober, BTW. I think this is what some of your habits look like.

10/12/2024 8:43:45 AM

@qntmfred What was your ALT/AST? I had out of normal, 88, ALT. Been monitoring it fairly closely since I saw the elevated number. Seen it high even with no drinking a couple of times. Think mine is more food than alcohol, but iirc with elevated AST means it's probably alcohol. My ALT will go back to normal in 1-2 months of eating well and longer with just slowing down the drinking.

Have you had a fibrotest done?

I didn't drink most of my 30s but started again in 2019. Mostly wine, then hard liquor then back to wine. I've been on a weekly beer kick lately. Felt beer was too carby and heavy, but feel way better the next day after two beers than half a bottle of wine.

10/12/2024 4:31:57 PM

ALT = 12
AST = 15

Go, Liver!

10/12/2024 7:32:08 PM

Those are good fucking labs.

10/12/2024 8:28:01 PM

elise had lower on the previous page, but she's female.

10/12/2024 8:58:11 PM

Have never developed a taste for alcohol

10/13/2024 2:03:20 AM

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"@qntmfred What was your ALT/AST?"

march '23 when I first got it tested was 82/37. last october it was 41/24. i still haven't gotten new bloodwork this year. never had a fibrotest either

in the last 3 weeks the only drink i've had was on my birthday. wasn't even intentional either, just stopped picking up a case of beer whenever i was at the grocery store. gonna try to lean into this streak

10/13/2024 10:00:41 AM

I did dry January last year. Dry January ended up turning into dry February, and March as well. I just got out of the habit of drinking really, and didn't really miss it. I stopped picking up beer at the store, stopped having wine on the rack at home, and the liquor on my bar just sat there collecting dust.

I eventually started consuming alcohol again, but much less than before. Now, I may have one drink every couple of weeks? Maybe?

I realized that I sleep so much better, my anxiety levels are down. I realized that a few drinks, even if there is no hangover, will leave me in a slightly depressed funk for about a day and a half. Abstaining certainly makes you realize how obsessed this country is with alcohol, and how many people seemingly incorporate it as a routine part of their lives.

10/14/2024 9:00:32 AM