I quit drinking recently (just hit a month wow), and so far it's been fine because I'm spending all of my time alone or working/doing errands. I don't like drinking alone so it's been fine, but where I live now the ENTIRE social scene is bars and clubs, so I can't meet anyone without being sober in a room full of extremely drunk people. I don't like clubs to begin with, and there's not really any quiet, sit down pubs around here where I could just get a soda and relax.
I used to pound drinks with my buds, but now that I'm seeing demonstrable health benefits of quitting (I have epilepsy and alcohol was giving me seizures) it's getting less justifiable to consider drinking again. I could smoke weed but it often makes me quiet and awkward when alcohol makes me outgoing and confident, which is what I really need right now. Also weed makes me shit at darts and pool.
If you're just avoiding alcohol and don't have a problem with other stuff, ive found kratom to be a good social drug
I watched my friend withdraw from frequent kratom use and it was pretty awful. I'm afraid to touch the stuff.
don't do it.
I took one pill and it didn't do anything. Glad I didn't try it again, he spent days withdrawing feeling sick as a dog. He said it was worse than his first time quitting drinking.
It's wild to me that people get withdrawals from Kratom, I can use it every day for most of a year and have never experienced any side effects if I don't touch it for a few weeks. It almost completely eliminates my alcohol cravings too.