official sober thread
official sober thread
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- shapesalad4
A lot comes down to genetics or psychological position. There's plenty of credible research to indicate certain people are more prone to addiction.
Living in Lisbon for the past year with local wines as cheap as €1.49, it felt like an offence not to indulge and try all the wines.
I'm not prone to addiction, but after 10 months of wine, at least a small 10cl glass per day - I started to feel it's addictive attraction. Probably, since the brain has plasticity, I've over time, widened the pathway between alcohol = stress relief/feel good within the circuitry of my brain.
I'm lucky to not be easily addicted, so it was simple to stop. No wine for me for the past month, don't miss it. Feel overall better without it.
- the theory that more people are “prone” to addiction has definitely been debunked with science to back it up.notype