Preface: I haven’t touched alcohol in close to three years. My last drink was 24 October 2022. The day before my “rebirth,” also known as my open heart surgery 💙
I was never an alcoholic in the sense of being a “problem drinker.” When I drank alcohol, I did so “responsibly” 🙄. Which is to say my drinking never created any legal, financial, or social problems for me. The physical health problems were certainly there, many of those problems captured in this post below.
I write this post not to be pious or judgmental, but rather as a sort of reflection on some of the reasons I stopped drinking alcohol and as an inspiration or motivation for anyone reading this post to reflect and make a decision about their own alcohol use.
With the preface out of the way…
Your “fun” weekend ritual is literally just slowly poisoning yourself and calling it a personality.
1. Alcohol Is the Only Drug You Have to Explain Not Using
No one pressures you to “just try a little heroin.” But say you’re sober and suddenly everyone’s a comedian.
That should tell you everything about how brainwashed society is.
Alcohol is literally a staple in almost every social situation a person may find themselves in. No wonder it is difficult for someone wanting to quit drinking to stay on the wagon.
2. You’re Not as Fun as You Think
You’re not the “life of the party” after five drinks. You’re loud, sloppy, and the group’s unpaid entertainment — and everyone has videos.
To quote a line from the movie Animal House, “fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
3. You’re Not “Relaxing,” You’re Escaping
Alcohol doesn’t solve your problems. It just delays them — and then hands them back to you hungover, broke, and two pounds heavier.
4. You Age Like Milk, Not Wine
Red wine doesn’t make you “French chic.” It makes you bloated, puffy, and permanently tired.
Sober people look younger — period.
I know this from personal experience 😉
5. You’re Paying to Feel Like Trash
Imagine a product that costs $50, makes you sick, gives you a headache, ruins your sleep, and makes you do stupid things — and you still buy it every weekend.
6. Alcohol Makes You Boring
Drunk people think they’re deep. They’re not. They’re repeating the same three stories, getting louder each time.
7. Your “Liquid Courage” Is Just Fake Confidence
If you need a drink to talk to someone, they don’t actually like you — they like “drunk you,” which isn’t real.
8. Hangovers Are for Amateurs
Wasting a Sunday in bed watching TikTok because you couldn’t say no to tequila shots isn’t “adulting.” It’s regression.
9. Drinking Culture Is a Scam
The alcohol industry spends billions to convince you being sober is “lame” — because if you stopped, they’d lose money. They’re not your friends.
10. You’re Not Rebellious, You’re Predictable
Drinking is what everyone does. The real rebel move is being clear-eyed in a world that’s desperate to stay numb.
Closing thought 💭
Alcohol is a socially accepted self-destruct button. Keep pressing it if you want — but don’t whine about your health, your relationships, or your bank account.
Sobriety isn’t boring. Blacking out and calling it “fun” is.
Risking your life, your freedom, your driver’s license, and potentially the lives of others people isn’t worth the “fun” and temporary escape alcohol provides.
I much prefer my sobriety and better health.
-The Rational Ram
The Rational Ram 