• grrgyle@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      6 months ago

      I started doing 1 or 2 drinks pretty much every evening during the pandemic, and more during the weekend, and much more when going out. I didn’t really see any issue at all, but very gradually I became sadder, slower, less motivated.

      Of course I didn’t notice that until I’d stopped for a few weeks. Now I can’t think of a single reason to drink. At this point in my life, it takes more than it gives.

      I feel like it’s probably always been that case, but I doubt I would have thought so as a young man.

      • RBWells@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        This happened to me in the pandemic too. Working from home is kind of a drag, and building a division between work and home, logging off and sitting on the porch with a drink was such a lovely way to do that. But it quickly felt like too much drinking, alcohol is literally a downer, a central nervous system depressant. So I started going for a Pokemon go walk instead, and keep the drinking to weekends, except some weeks a half glass of wine with one supper, if it makes it better tasting. Never a full serving though.

        We do joke at work about logging off and drinking when it’s stressful but most of us are not really daily drinkers and I have literally never touched alcohol at a work party or happy hour at any job and nobody cares, nobody makes a big deal about it.

        • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 months ago

          Yeah people are really underestimating how much work from home can fuck people up. I could never do it. I need to get out and change up that context. I am fully expecting an organic backlash at some point where people start demanding upscale office space again.

          • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            6 months ago

            There are coworking spaces that are a good, flexible arrangement for this. I know a couple people who will grab a desk downtown at their own expense. It’s probably nice getting to know folks from outside your company in the same coworking space.

            But I’m a loner and I’ve got my little workspace at home just perfect now, so I don’t really go in unless it’s to meet over lunch or something.

        • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          6 months ago

          Working from home is kind of a drag, and building a division between work and home, logging off and sitting on the porch with a drink was such a lovely way to do that.

          That’s exactly what I said to myself. Although I am very good at working from home, and have since found healthier ways to create that division. The biggest one being: just don’t work outside of working hours lol.

          Glad you were able to put the booze in its place. Pandemic hit a lot of workers like that.

          I tried having a solitary drink here and there, but found even that left me feeling bummed and sluggish the next day. So I just stick to the fun drinks for now.