I Can’t Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal?



During college and a few years after (maybe til 23/24) I drank almost weekly and don’t get drunk that easily. In terms of beers, maybe I get tipsy at about 6 and give up at 10.

But now, I drink 2 and I get tipsy, and maybe tap out at 4/5.

Is that normal?

  • Dontfearthereaper123
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    8 months ago

    That’s literally like a heroin user bragging abt how much heroin they do but this isn’t seen as harmful for some reason

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      It’s literally not. Yes, any amount of alcohol has health effects, but equating a half-dozen beers with heroin is total lunacy. It’s absolutely nowhere near as harmful as literally heroin.

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          8 months ago

          Youre getting downvote but I’m not sure you are wrong… Alcoholics are far more likely to hurt or abuse another person than a heroin user, where usually the worst a heroin user will do is steal for money to afford heroin. Heroin users mostly abuse themselves. Alcoholics abuse themselves and those close to them.

          Source: now sober alcoholic who also dabbled in opiates for a year. 8 years sober this March.

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            8 months ago

            Yep, exactly. They’ve done actual studies on it. I wouldn’t state a point so surely unless I was actually sure of it.

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              8 months ago

              I think a lot of people just don’t want to confront the truths about the harm of alcohol. Easier to downvote and ignore lol. I’m glad I quit drinking, it almost killed me I was in an awful place and alcohol only made it worse. Thankfully weed is super legal where I live now so I can unwind with that, a far less harmful substance.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I don’t even drink anymore. The amounts that are being talked about here aren’t concerning. If you’re equating alcohol with opioids, then you have no idea what you’re talking about at all.

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        8 months ago

        He’s not equating them to each other he’s simply comparing the harm they cause to society…

      • Dontfearthereaper123
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        8 months ago

        Alcohol is more damaging than heroin when social damage is included. My opinion is based on the newest research and scientific consensus on this topic.