When I was eighteen, the drinking age was eighteen. Except for taking a couple sips of Miller beer — or maybe it was Schlitz — when I was seventeen, I waited until I was legal.
I’m lucky regarding alcohol, because I’ve seen, and lived with, its effects on others who weren’t so lucky. I enjoy good beer and wine very much, and fortunately there is never a feeling of “needing” a drink. For that I am grateful.
My problem with alcohol is that having a second glass of wine or more than a pint of beer can sometimes affect my sleep. It depends on how much I’d eaten and how late in the evening I had the drinks.
A 4-pack of pint cans from the local craft breweries has been my typical weekly beer consumption. The cost for a double IPA 4-pack is approaching $20, and it’s going to get worse, once the carbon dioxide shortage hits.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/07/29/co2-shortage-hits-massachusetts-breweries
Lessee… $20/week… if I were to buy every week is… that’s over $1000/year for beer! So I do have an alcohol problem.
