When I drank, I wasn't much of a man.
I let anyone run over me in all areas of life. And then I would get mad at myself.
But after being sober for a while, I became a man, slowly but surely.
Today, I am a man even on my very worst days.
I am good for my word, I have worked hard for many years, I make amends when I am wrong (I need to work on the promptly part), and I try to learn and do God's will on a daily and hourly basis.
If that's not being a man, I don't know what is.
I do a lot of the activities which are frequently accompanied by drinking.
I went to the Daytona 500 last weekend. I go to rock concerts and country music concerts. I go to football and basketball games. I love boxing.
I also love litereture and theatre (plays, not the motion picture stuff so much).
I think you're a man, too.