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Anyone else here? I've never really liked the taste of alcohol.
Alcohol is tasteless. 😉
Out dog has grown up associating alchol with my 'smell', however I don't want my son growing up thinking thats what Daddies and grown ups smell like 24/7 'i,e the stench of alcohol/loser'.
Hence I've cut back during the week mainly for that reason.
I drink every night and have done for as long as I can remember. I said on Sunday I was not going to drink Mon - Thurs this week.
But had 3 bottles of Peroni last night. Going to try and not drink tonight.
I was having this conversation with my Mum (78, likes a drink when she's down with us, but she's not a p!ssed old lady or anything !) and apparently when we were kids, it was really unusual to drink in the week.
We didn't have much cash either, but the whole thing was you had a drink as a "reward" for a tough working week. The idea of social drinking at home never happened to us or people on or street.
But then I suppose all the blokes went to the pub and got slaughtered 😉
Pubs going out of business/more drinking "behind closed doors" at home. I feel the two may be linked.
I like a beer. Or two. Especially after riding, and especially in a pub with friends. If I started thinking about it at breakfast, I'd probably worry, but otherwise I'll trust myself to enjoy everything in moderation.
Sun rides start at 8am for me, so getting trolley'd on saturday is not a good idea!
Especially after riding,
That is the best reward imaginable. If I drink the night before a ride I feel really really shitty.
After and its a double-bonus 
I ran a pub for 8 years and was pi55ed every night...(15-20 pints, a bottle or 2 of wine every day). Used to stay off it till 9pm to convince myself I didn't have a problem - but I did....
The last year that went out the window and lunch time sessions became the norm. I got out in 2001, got a job that required me to keep a driving license, tokk up mountainbiking, and lost 4 stone!
I still drink a bit - mainly when cycling - but am fit and happy 😆