I don't drink much, since having the kid. Coincidentally, I don't drink much since really intensifying my meditation practice again.
I am always a bit shocked by how intense the experience of drinking is now. Like getting dragged, kicking and screaming, into the present moment.
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Alcohol still has all the normal effects. Cheers me up a bit at first, makes me clumsy, makes me slur - just bog standard.
But it also makes mind work at about 10% normal output, and that difference is unbelievably intense to experience.