On 12/1/2024 at 5:11 PM, Mark Nothing said:

I quit all alcohol cold turkey about 10 years ago.  My reason was primarily due to the alcohol tax making a bottle of wine or spirits not worth the price tag.

 

Some years newspapers reported tax decreases but it never materialized on the store shelves.  Retail prices kept rising.

 

Overall it has been a positive to my health.  But at social events it make some of the drinkers very uncomfortable to be in the presence of a non alcohol drinker.

I can understand why—it's very boring to be around straightjackets who piously say, "I don't drink." If they don't drink, which is their choice, don't come to the bar!  people have been drinking wine for thousands of years. If done with some control, it's fine. Jesus turned water into wine for a reason lol.

On 12/2/2024 at 5:15 AM, Luuk Chaai said:

same here ..     I'll hit 70 ...   3 weeks after you

 it's gonna be a toss up between opening a bottle of wine for 1 / maybe 2 glasses

  .. or a 39 year old bottle of Jack Daniels...( 1986 /  still sealed )   for 1 drink

 you sound like a barrel of laughs lol

I won't be worrying about drinking wine when I hit 70. My father drank wine from a teenager and died at 92. You all overthink!  Just don't drink every day. Personally, I'm having a dry January, and after 31 days of drink holiday, I'll be back to wine a few days a week.

2 hours ago, bangadang said:

 you sound like a barrel of laughs lol

I won't be worrying about drinking wine when I hit 70. My father drank wine from a teenager and died at 92. You all overthink!  Just don't drink every day. Personally, I'm having a dry January, and after 31 days of drink holiday, I'll be back to wine a few days a week.

we made out own wine ..     grandfather,father and the kids helped

I carried on the traditionb until I was about 60

 been drinking wine with meals since I'm 3  years old