Originally Posted by Zenyatta

I went 45 years without drinking except maybe a glass of wine at a party once or twice a year. Five years ago I started slowly drinking single malt whiskey at parties and occasionally with my husband on weekends. I found out I loved the taste and mood elevation.
Slowly over the course of a five-year period I began drinking every day, wine on weekdays and scotch on the weekends I never got hangovers or blackouts and was pretty functional at work.
We had a pretty nasty hurricane where I live and I drank scotch every single day the power was out, and kept on going when the power went back on again.
Finally, last week, I had my first big hangover. I was sick all night and most of the next day. Quite an eyeopener .Quit the next day and haven’t drank since then. I'm here for the support to stay quit