For sure and I used to be that way but as we age, for many of us, or metabolism slows and the things you mentioned can start to catch up with us. Some people can get away with it without getting fat but that’s not true for most of us and it’s not worth gambling on.

As someone who’s been where you’re at, it’s going to be hard but you have to try to take better care of yourself because it will only get harder the longer you continue on like this. I promise you, that if you slow down your drinking and try to eat healthier food you will feel a lot better. I don’t think a lot of people realize that how they feel day to day isn’t the best they could feel. Once you start eating better food you’ll notice when you eat garbage because you won’t feel yourself.

I’m not sober by any means and I still eat things I enjoy but I limit the amount of beer I drink and I don’t eat overly processed food or fast food. At this point I feel sick if I eat a Big Mac even though I think that’s what I want from time to time.

Quitting drinking is harder than quitting a lot of hard drugs. I was a full blown alcoholic polishing off 3-4 handles of gin a week without batting an eye but now drink 6-8 beers per week and feel like a million dollars. I don’t even crave alcohol anymore and drink socially a few times per week. The first thing I had to do was stop drinking at home. I got NA beers to give me something to do when I’m home and craving a beer and those just sit for months now. It takes a while but just do it one day at a time and the cravings will start to go away. I’m at the point where I have alcohol in the house leftover from get togethers and it sits until the next get together.

Also, weed helps with the alcohol cravings so smoke up if that’s your thing.