Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol?

Re:Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol? by colechristensen on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:52AM (#30037140)

But the poster seems to be doing it based on concern due to health posts on HN not because of hangovers or stupid behaviors. Also many people who drink don’t drink to get drunk so hangovers and stupidity aren’t part of the experience.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol? by marginalia_nu on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:18AM (#30037401)

This is in context of all the experiences you'll miss out on.

If you are drinking so little that you are not getting hangovers (and you are older than say 35), then you are drinking so little you might as well substitute the alcohol for something non-alcoholic and do the same thing, because your experience will largely be the same as that of a sober person either way.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol? by colechristensen on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:31AM (#30037512)

I don’t know about you, but if I have two or three drinks in an evening I definitely experience the pleasant effects of alcohol and have roughly zero chance of a hangover unless I was drinking something awful.

People in here are acting like the only thing enjoyable about alcohol are the effects of binge drinking.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol? by marginalia_nu on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:32AM (#30037524)

I have two beers and I get a hangover the next day. I'm approaching 40 though.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do instead of drinking alcohol? by webmaven on Saturday January 22, 2022 @11:49AM (#30038280)

> I have two beers and I get a hangover the next day. I'm approaching 40 though.

I have one or two beers in the evening, and I fall asleep. Been that way since my 20s.

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