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My relationship with alcohol

Someone dropped me a message about my relationship with booze, here's our chat.

Jun 18, 2025
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Message from a mate.

There was a time when drinking wasn’t something I did, it was genuinely my personality. Pints after work, rounds of shots at birthdays, beers to "unwind" after football. It was my routine, my release, my identity. But around the time I hit 27, it started to feel less like fun and more like a mindless routine I was stuck in.

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