>>81797063 (OP)
1. We know it's very unhealthy and very addictive, even if you do it a little, just like smoking cigarettes. "Literally poison" is how it's being described now, whereas in previous years, more people believed the lifestyle marketing portraying alcohol consumption as normal part of life and healthy to do "socially." A lot of us had experienced some level of alcohol addiction once becoming of age,especially if this was during the 2020 era of enforced downtime, stimulus checks and contactless delivery, 12 packs of beer and white claw shipped right to the door. This unlimited drinking alone opportunity allowed us to experience the addiction potential. Then at some point we decided to just wise up and kick the habit before turning into an actual alcoholic.
2. Part of this decision is that you feel like shit after drinking. It's a short lived euphoria, followed by uncomfortable body sensations when it wears off. Even if you know how to avoid a hangover, the next day after drinking you still feel off, kinda fuzzy brained and not in the best mood. Same with other drugs, but very noticeable the day after alcohol, even one mild beer. It's easy to notice this pattern, and then decide it's not worth it, cause this habit leave us worse off. The resolve long term sobriety is strengthened after making a rare exception, like spontaneously having a beer with lunch one day, and then nothing the sharp contrast in how you feel in your body later that day and the next.
3. Minimizing expenses. As everything has gone up in price, this is especially the case for alcoholic beverages, and much more so in bars and restaurants than at retail stores. In allocating limited funds for sustenance and entertainment, alcohol is the first and most obvious vice to cut out of our lives, for financial reasons and the above mentioned points because we're just better off without it.
