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It's sad how proud y'all are of your drinking habit.
Almost in my 40s. Been drinking at least sips of beer since I was 3.
I'm married. Have a small farm. Drive a truck for a living. I don't drink and drive. Alcohol has never had a negative effect on my friends, family, relationships, career, anything.
Almost like people can drink daily, and still be responsible about it. Almost everything is fine in moderation.
If most people are like me, I'm so paranoid about getting a DUI, that I almost never drink outside my house, and even then it's only ONE beer, if I'm splurging on a steak dinner.
Even then, I'm totally paranoid about getting pulled over, and having to say I've only had ONE beer.
"Sure you have, buddy. Wanna step out of the car for me?"
We have a keychain sized Breathalyzer we bring with us if we go out anywhere. While obviously not perfectly accurate, it can give at least a good baseline whether you're over or under. So if we're getting close to wanting to go home and I'm driving and I blow around 0.08, I stop drinking. I order some water, maybe another appetizer or something, and hang out with my partner a half hour to an hour longer before heading home.
People think every day drinkers are just binge drinkers unable to handle their alcohol. It's an addiction, not a compulsion.
I am clearly not talking about you
Edit b/c yes I am holy shit, if you bring a fucking breathalyzer with you when you go out anywhere you have a problem bro. I hope someday you dry out.
So according to you, "If you bring something while you go out for dinner, have a few drinks, and make sure you're safe to drive home in case you asked for a drink and the bartender accidentally added too much booze, or you want to be sure you're not going to kill someone on the way home, you have a problem" is a wild hill to die on.
The last person I'll ever take life advice from is someone who thinks being safe is a problem.
Good for you, but that's a very ableist thing to say.
Nobody gets drunk and ruins their life or the lives of others off of a beer or two.
I didn't say that. I said you were being ableist. Alcoholism is a disease.
And when did I say it wasn't?
Completely ignoring that for an alcohic, no it is not. Ableist.
You become an alcoholic by abusing alcohol, not just from drinking it in moderation and being aware of your consumption.
Did you even read my original comment? Or are you just making up your own argument and getting mad at it.
No, that is not how alcoholism and addiction work. Your ableism continues to shine through your ignorance on the subject.
Then please. With your vast knowledge of how ableism and alcoholism works (since you seem to know both better than me), I beg you to educate me. I'd absolute love to hear how you define both.