DRINKING

Remember when you were a little kid and you wanted to taste your dad’s beer and when you snuck a sip you were like gross, and then you just went back to playing never giving it a second thought. Then of course you reach High School and you don’t care that it tastes gross anymore you just want to catch a buzz (of course drinking when you are not 21 is illegal so don’t do it). Once you reach 21 you are so excited because you don’t have to sneak around anymore and use fake id’s!! Boy the drinking really begins then, shots with beer as your chaser, beer bongs, crazy ass mixed drinks that don’t taste so good but who cares the whole purpose it to get shit faced. And boy do you, with too many nights laying by the toilet from being so sick and a lot of hangovers!! You are young though so you just rest during the day, or go to work and then start over again that night!! However something strange starts to happen in your late 20’s and early 30’s, you just can’t drink like you used to and if you do boy do you pay for it for at least a few days!! You start to notice it when the thought of going out drinking 2 nights in a row seems impossible, although you still go and give it the college try until finally one day you realize shit I can’t do this anymore! Instead you may have 1 or 2 drinks after work or you may just drink when you meet up with friends for dinner or special occasions. I know this doesn’t describe everyone but a lot of us that’s for sure including myself!!

I got to thinking about this over vacation because I drank more this vacation than previous ones!! It was super fun but man the recovery time was longer! The fun thing was it wasn’t planned, sure there were certain times I knew there would be drinking like Rob’s 4th of July party, my sister visiting, the few days we stayed at the coast, my friend Amanda’s 30th birthday, however during these times it was like I was in my 20’s again having more than a few drinks each time. You know those rare moments you get when you are older where for some reason one night you find that you can drink more and you just go with it because you know it just isn’t the norm anymore, well that was like my whole vacation! I gotta say it was great letting loose like that but holy cow my body can’t handle that kind of fun anymore it for sure was a reminder that while I am young at heart I am no longer a 21 year old drinker!! The fact that I am actually okay with that helps this to be A Wonderful Life!!!

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