Hi Thankful. Welcome to SR. I'm 68 and have been retired a few years. I started drinking more heavily into the last couple of years of my career, though it was manageable then. When I retired I had more time on my hands. I live in a retirement community where every recreational opportunity is available to me. However, as my drinking escalated, I found I was foregoing my activities in order to drink. I became isolated. I preferred drinking to doing any of those things. I have learned that I cannot moderate. I no longer drink. I have found (in my community anyway), that alcohol is a huge part of socializing. There are porch parties every night and many start in the afternoon. I haven't been to any yet. In addition to the many activities offered here, many folks here have chosen to drink heavily and frequently during the 4th quarter of their lives. I suspect they are normies - I am not. I'm now enjoying some of the activities that I wasn't participating in, golfing more, trying to exercise more, volunteering more and perhaps most importantly, trying to be more involved with people rather than being self centered with the drink.
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