>>>I am with you a lot - see above. OTOH after being in different climate and "tasting" zone for more than 14 days I am sometimes astonished at the things I can/want to consume - drinking local spanish beer if nothing else if available and body wants beer at that day is... astonishing ;-)
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>>Ironic that a thread started by someone with a drink problem has turned into a discussion about the merits or otherwise of different beers.
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>This was expected, and OTOH serves Mike a lesson: see how nice it can be if you know your measure and when to stop. There's so much of human culture invested in beverages, and it's rather insane to waste all that on just getting wasted. What's the point, if you don't remember?

Yes. I think there's a lot to be said for deciding how much you want to drink (a glass or a bottle whatever) and not going back for seconds.

Like with coffee there's a law of diminishing returns very quickly.