Originally Posted by
Mel12 The exercise excuse: drinking is not compatible with the kind and amount of exercise I do. My friends clearly understand this fact even without an explanation of the big picture. Most of my friends, if they knew the big picture reasoning, would start a big debate on the pros and cons of drinking which I would find upsetting and exhausting.
Yep this is why I want it to be as much of a non-issue as possible for me. We spent enough time beating ourselves up with booze and self-recriminations long enough to get to a more positive point in our lives. Best to surround ourselves with as much positivity as possible, and shut down the negatives that serve us not at all and how to deal with that which we must.