Also, there is more and more a decent selection of <0.5% alcohol beers - I find this the easiest way to not get strange looks when at a drinking occasion.
But then again, maybe the point of drinking together is it provides some kind of bonding effect, being a shared vice. It makes it harder to lie and shows you value others more than your own health (relatively).
“Approximately 36% of East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) show characteristic physiological responses to drinking alcohol that includes facial flushing, nausea, headaches and a fast heart rate.”
Later, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and after daily treatment now drinking a few beers is completely ok.
I don't understand what the relationship between those two things are. I would have never imagined.
I cut out drinking altogether for about a year right after college. Since then, I drink maybe 6 times a year. If I drink anything more than two drinks I feel pretty horrible and can feel it the next day.
The places I've been to in the Bay Area has never served anything like <0.5% beer. I'd much rather drink something like ginger beer or kombucha anyway, which is what I do given the occasion.
In my case, even a small amount of alcohol consumption will make me feel heavy in my abdomen the morning after.
People in my family have historically been alcohol drinkers. So idk why, but it helps since I dislike drinking anyways.
Is it, though? I know plenty of people who will just waste whole days away in front of the TV doing nothing because they don't feel like doing anything else. People are constantly telling me they're "tired". I used to be like that too. But now I work on my career or on my hobbies day in, day out. Barring seasonal illnesses I never have down days.