>>>One of the mysteries about it to me is that I feel so much better sober
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>>>Mike, if it's truly a mystery that you feel better sober, then maybe a good whack with the clue-stick is in order (normally I'd say, "make it a double", but that phrase isn't in order right now).
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>>>Most people spend 360+ days a year sober, and the equivalent of maybe 2-3 days trashed. (I'll be three sheets to the wind for the entire 4th of July.) So you might want to raise the bar and think about being sober for an entire month, or two months, etc.
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>>I think you're misreading what Mike meant. I read his statement as the mystery is why he keeps drink when he feels so much better sober (and that matches conversations I've had with him about this).
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>>FWIW, I spend 365 days a year sober (366, in Leap Year <s>). Most of the people I spend time with (in person) do, as well. I can't remember the last time I saw any of my close, non-VFP, friends drunk. They're not all teetotalers (as I am), but it's rare to see any of them have more than 1 or 2 glasses of wine.
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>>I'd be curious to see median numbers for this stuff.
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>>Tamar
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>Some people (alcoholics) get drunk after 1 or 2 glasses of wine. That's the reason why normal people are rarely seen drunk; they need to drink much more to get in the same condition.

That is exactly opposite the case. Many normal people, as you put it -- I would be more comfortable with "non-alcoholics" -- get tipsy after a drink or two. Long term heavy drinkers can appear relatively unimpaired after consuming amounts that would make the less afflicted pass out or puke their guts out. That's part of the disease -- your body builds up a tolerance and you have to drink more and more to get the same feeling.