Thoughts on alcohol

 Since my 20s, I have enjoyed drinking with friends and drinking alcohol, and I think I sought alcohol for socializing, relieving stress, and avoiding things I faced.

Almost every day of the week was spent drinking.

Whether I was happy, sad, or bored, I always had a drink with my friends, and even though I would suffer from a hangover after drinking and think, “Oh, I really shouldn’t drink today,” I would always go when my friends or seniors asked me to drink.

Even after I got a job, I had company dinners, but I believed that I needed to have a drink to become closer, so I went.

Of course, the advantage is that I became more intimate with my friends or seniors, and there was also the part where I could continue to see them through alcohol.

That’s why when I got a call from my friends or seniors, most of them wanted to drink together.

After having fun, eating, laughing, having fun, and playing, I would end up staying up late at night, and the next day, I would work with a hangover and lack of sleep.

Even though I thought I should drink less this year as a New Year’s resolution, my drinking schedule was filled with year-end parties at the end of the year, New Year’s parties at the beginning of the year, class reunions, and classmate gatherings.

When I was single, I definitely had friends who would hang out on the holidays after spending a day with my family, and I would go out drinking with friends who had time.

The downside of frequent drinking parties was that I couldn’t save money in the end, and I would lament how I could buy a house because I didn’t have money, and I would hope for the lottery or just wait for money to fall from the sky, wondering when I would become rich.

I was stuck in an endless cycle of using credit cards, spending money the next month, and then using cards again the next month because I didn’t have cash to pay off my credit card debt.

I always thought in my head that I shouldn’t live like this, but I didn’t have a goal, and I liked the present moment of drinking with my friends, and since I didn’t have a family of my own, I always spent money like a mayfly.

Even if I make a workout plan, I do it for a day or two, but then I have a drinking appointment and it falls through again, and then I work out again the next week, but then another appointment takes over, and my priorities are always alcohol and friends.

There was always something that I couldn't fill even after drinking, and I thought, "Can I live like this?" and I thought more that I would somehow make it work out.

Since I spent almost every day drunk, my plans, goals, will, and time were all broken, and I just lived like a mayfly.

Then I got married, had a child, started my own family, and thanks to Corona(?), I hardly drink anymore.

Now, I have a drinking party once or twice a month, and sometimes I don't.

Also, even if I do drink, I don't drink much because of childcare, and compared to the past, I think it's almost like quitting.

Even now, my friends and seniors say, "Let's meet up (have a drink)," but I keep refusing using the excuse of childcare(?).

I have been losing contact with my drinking buddies for a while, and now I hardly ever contact them.

However, the good thing is that I can save money, make plans and goals, and live my life with a clear mind.

I have changed the way I relieved stress by drinking. I read books, write book reviews, write articles like this, and continue to have new goals and achieve them. I feel proud of myself by seeing them come to fruition. I also talk to my wife and dream about the future while watching my child grow.

And I am waiting, planning, and executing for the day when I will become rich and use my time freely.

◎ Advantages of drinking

You will have many drinking buddies.

When you drink, you can put everything aside for a moment and just enjoy life.

You can experience various foods and drinks.

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◎ Disadvantages of drinking

Plans, goals, will, and time are broken.

You cannot save money.

You cannot always maintain a clear mind.

Your liver hurts.