48 hours since my last cigarette. Wish I could say the same about alcohol. Last night was sailing, and sailing and drinking, at least in this area, seem to go hand in hand. I did moderate though, not having a beer until the race was over and the boat put away. My usual practice was to start drinking as soon as I got home from work and continue until going to bed several hours and twice as many beers later.
By most definitions I would be considered at the least a problem drinker. Seems like polite society likes to define anything more than two alcoholic beverages a day more than once or twice a week as problem drinking.
Well, by my own definition I've been problem drinking these past few years. That fact was reinforced when I woke up Monday with a hangover, grabbed the trash under the sink to take outside, and saw the empty fifth of tequila surrounded by empty beers cans.
Now, I had some help, but still two people putting away a fifth of tequila and beers on a Sunday afternoon is what I would term excessive.
Certainly for a 48 year old man. And his 45 year old girlfriend.
So I only had five beers last night. That's an improvement for me.
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