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 Without even making a conscious decision I just realized I haven’t had alcohol in probably 3-4 months 
 What have you replaced it with? 
 We need an intoxicating drink besides alcohol. I’m thinking small amounts of psilocybin. 
 Nothing really. I just don’t like drinking anymore. I always feel crappy (heartburn and headaches pretty much every time now) and I don’t really enjoy the feeling of being tipsy that much either. Sometime over the past 2 years I just started to really dislike it.

I do have some MJ every so often but that’s not as often as I used to either. I got an amount that would’ve lasted me less than a month in college about a year ago and it’s only about half gone 😆 
 Well done, I applaud you!
The problem is I actually enjoy having a glass of wine as I am prepping dinner, it’s how I unwind each day.
I will try using my wine glass with sparkling water maybe and see how that goes. 
 Oh no judgement here. I would drink a cider or wine with the wife pretty regularly. In thinking about why it happened I suspect that my change in eating habits (which was a good change, fyi) maybe altered my gut biome enough that it just stopped working for me.  
 I don’t drink beer anymore (my wife is gluten free) but I’ve found that when I do, it’s a much worse hangover than wine or liquor. 
 Good for you. I’m 3 days in. Grinding.