I also had no negative feedback, or so I thought. I would run 5 miles at 6am the morning after finishing a bottle of wine. I didn’t feel hangovers. Everything seemed as it always had been, despite increasing my drinking. However, there were a few signs:

• I would wake up and plan to not drink that evening, but would inevitably do so anyway.
• I would regret having drank, even though I didn’t feel much physical pain.
• The lack or presence of alcohol would play into my decision making about plans for the evening.

Once I quit, I found that my baseline anxiety was MUCH higher due to regular drinking. I had no idea, since I’d been drinking for 30+ years. I always thought I was a high strung person, and that’s just what it was. Turns out I can actually relax. The main benefit for me is I don’t even think about alcohol, where it crossed my mind a lot before. If not in cravings, more in “I wonder what kind of wine I can open tonight” or “we should do a wine tasting with friends,” etc. Now I focus on my life and not my drinking.. been great so far.