Florida Man is relaxed today. Up early, some coffee, sitting here with my second vodka and tonic of the morning, a couple of THC gummies on the desk and reading about the “trend” of people cutting back on drinking. Not stopping, just cutting back.
It’s called “part-time sober.” I guess these aren’t social drinkers and cutting back means stashing bottles in the tool shed and under the sofa for emergencies.
It’s not the new government-mandated warning on whiskey bottles that slows them down.
The cut-backers have their rules for moderation: No wine after 8 p.m., no drinking during the work week and no hard liquor unless you want hard liquor. That’s about as lax as a set of rules can be.
These part-time soberers are concerned about their health. That’s not a trend, everyone knows that drinking can cause cancers and destroy your liver.
But a survey of 1,000 people by NC Solutions found that half of Americans plan to drink less this year. That didn’t count New Year’s Eve because that was last year or the fact that their survey questions could have been skewed.
If you’re a real drinker it will be hard to moderate. There aren’t as many liquor stores as there are Starbucks or gun shops but whiskey, wine and beer are everywhere so the finger of temptation is always pointing to the flashing Budweiser sign.
This sounds like a resolution that can be broken at the next corner. If these people are real hard drinkers they need a 12-step program to sober up.
There are probably.”influencers” out there recommending bottles of that green stuff you see on TV. But if that’s a substitute for alcohol I’m a falling down drunk.
Well, I looked it up and I’m right.
A website called Feedspot lists the top 100 sober influencers. A few names you have never heard:Jen Hirst, the founder of Lighthouse Sobriety, Annie Grace who wants to change your relationship with alcohol, Jessica Landon, a recovery warrior and Madeline who has the happiest sober podcast, and 97 others are influencing.
I’d say my relationship with alcohol is casual. I’m not committed to any brand or any type. Sometimes it’s a bottle of wine that’s big and costs little. Other times it’s an unknown brand of rum, bourbon or Prosecco. A connoisseur I’m not. My pallet is not discriminating.
As long as we’re talking I’ll tell you about my close brush with insanely expensive wine. A friend was given a case of Lafite Rothschild wine and brought it out to share one night. He opened it and we all waited in anticipation as he poured a glass. It had turned and was awful. Several of us cried, others shouted curses, and two people fainted.
Well, I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m saying what the heck and buying that $42,615 bottle of 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Premier Cru Classe. I’d say that is Classe and I desire to be Classe.
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