Could just like beer, you know

Maybe, but this is pretty common. Getting a drink to celebrate a good day, vs getting a drink after a bad day because you deserve it.

Nah if you can drink one beer and be done you're not an alcoholic.

If you're getting shitfaced every night that's a different story.

For me it's not so much that I want alcohol as it is I want to not be stressed out. Alcohol facilitates that. I can de-stress without it but I rarely have the time I would need to do after a workday. Having a beer/drink when I get home gets the ball rolling so I can enjoy things again rather than just sit around with fried nerves.

I was in this picture. One or two, maybe even three tall ones every evening, for years. And then I discovered untappd and drinking became gamified. A beer while watching TV can't be alcoholism, right?

For a while I'd been noticing things like a lack of energy and interest, bad sleep, being irritable and impulsive, and bad memory. After a while I had to take magnesium and other supplements. I just considered it all side effects of aging.

Now I've switched to alcohol free beer since about 2 months and every day I'm surprised how much better the QOL already is. I feel fully rested, feel more confident at work, can remember stuff my kids talk about. For lack of a word, I feel more present.

And that experience completely changed my opinion about drinking alcohol regularly.

Lmao where is this from it sounds hilarious

That's why I drank cheap piss water when I drank!

I'll drink to that.

I'm also down with alcoholism

Chamomile tea is great.

This one does