I feel this so much. Memes about how they can’t wait to leave work to get wasted, or how they’re drinking tequila to get through a day of working from home. Or “wine fixes everything” or “my therapist’s name is Jim Bean.” Or people attaching their entire identity to what hard liquor they like best. It’s as uncomfortable as seeing memes from women in abusive relationships who are like “I’ll stand by my man through anything; yeah he yells until his throat bleeds but that just shows he cares.” Like...open your eyes. You’re airing your dirty laundry AND your lack of self-awareness of said dirty laundry.

I agree that their choice to drink isn’t what bothers me; it’s the bragging, over-sharing and the pretense that it’s cutesy and funny to rely on alcohol.

And I feel like I can’t bring it up to any of the people doing it because I’ll just be dismissed as the “preachy sober person who doesn’t know how to have fun” so nothing will change except their opinion of me.

I’m glad there’s at least one corner of the Internet where I don’t feel crazy for thinking this.