Anyone else (besides me) bothered by the many posts ...

[left-of-center2012]

Anyone else (besides me) bothered by the many posts in DU suggesting that the way to celebrate a Biden victory
is to grab a bottle of your favorite booze and drink up ?

[liberalmuse]

1. As someone who used booze as a crutch and a sedative, yes.

I haven’t had a drink in almost 3 years and my life is all the better for it. A lot of people don’t have my dependency issues, thank god. I say celebrate in the way you see fit, as long as it doesn’t cause harm.

[luv2fly]

2. Roadside ditches across rural 'Murika...

... reflect the same. Cheap beer cans, bottles and McDonald's trash.

It's everywhere, I see it as I ride my bike. Everywhere.

We are what we eat right.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Agree completely!

I considered replying, but thought better of it. There are some who will always find an excuse, even at 9am.

[irisblue]

4. No, their business, they maybe normies

I'm not a normie, I Will Not Drink With You Or Them, Today.

[Mike 03]

5. I think it was the writer John Cheever, who himself was a serious

alcoholic (one of my writing teachers was a student of his, and had some mind-blowing stories about Cheever's drinking, including one where he left his home to teach wearing no clothes) used to say that he could "spot a glass of sherry in a paragraph", meaning he could tell by reading the writing of others whether they were writing under the influence of alcohol.

I bring this up because of some of the posts we've all seen this week.

[JDC]

6. It doesn't bother me. Lots of people can drink responsibly

And without issue. Lots cannot. I happen to fall into the second category.

But more to your point, I do notice. But maybe I notice because I know I can't celebrate that way.

I have been sober a minute or two and one thing still remains the same since I got undrunk: I/we are surrounded by booze, ads for booze, the promotion of booze, events and "reasons" for people to drink booze, etc etc and that is not going to change.

And with the Holidays are coming up and it is not going to decrease either. If anything, increase.

I know what works for me to stay sober and I do those things.....mostly.

Appreciate your post.

[progree]

7. No. /nt

[bif]

8. Not really. A couple of years ago I'd use it as an excuse to drink even more than usual.

But I've been clean for a couple years. In a way I wish I could have a few beers to celebrate But with me, there never was a thing as a couple beers. So I just avoid it.