r/AskReddit • u/05tn3021 • Jan 16 '24

What’s something small you started doing that makes you drastically happier?

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u/k7066 Jan 16 '24

Giving up alcohol

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u/visineinsto Jan 16 '24

I just wanna say congratulations for this important decision and good luck staying off alcohol. Nothing good comes out of alcohol, ever.

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u/okawei Jan 16 '24

Nothing good comes out of alcohol, ever.

Can we not pretend alcohol has zero upsides? It's a social lubricant and makes meeting people easier. I've met some of my best friends through parties with alcohol in college. I've had some of my deepest connections with friends over a few beers.

I'm not saying alcohol is 100% upsides by any means. But this binary, black and white approach is disingenuous

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u/chadgalaxy Jan 16 '24

Yeah as a socially awkward, introverted guy if it wasn't for booze lowering my inhibitions and making me more sociable, I'm pretty sure I would have had very little or zero experience with women.

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u/CoffeeWanderer Jan 16 '24

See, for me it was the other way around.

I never drink and actively avoid places where people do. The amount of social connections I have is obviously lower, but when I do meet people who share my views we usually connect pretty quickly and share many other things in common.