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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 279748" data-attributes="member: 428">I’m gonna elaborate more than I care to here, but here goes.I’ve been getting into decent physical shape and was on a diet of sorts. Garbage in = garbage out. Decided I ought to cut out garbage. 15 years of drinking near every day got me thinking alcohol ought to take a rest. I’ve always had an ‘off’ switch, it was just a shitty routine.Then I started coming across guys who’d had alcohol destroy their lives and their families. I’d hear things like:- “my best friend drank himself to death by 45. Chose the bottle over his business, wife, and kids.”- “you wonder why an alcoholic can’t just stop drinking. An alcoholic wonders how you’re able to go all day without drinking.”- “I’ll never quit drinking, even if it kills me.”- “my first wife was an alcoholic...”When you go down the rabbit hole and catch a glimpse of the utter misery and destruction in an alcoholic’s life, it’s really eye opening. I’m not an alcoholic and can’t relate, but it made me realize that my ability to simply not drink, with virtually no effort, is a gift that I’m wasting every day that I’m drinking. Imagine possessing a super power and never using it... because you’d rather hang out and drink beer.So I quit drinking, for now anyway. Im back to my high school pants size but now I can run like a mother fucker.</blockquote>