The corporate ladder
I used to spend a lot of time hanging out at the bars, pubs, bistros, night clubs, doing the dirty things. Although I don't really take hard drugs, the kind of heavily drinking and smoking lifestyle has taken a toll on my body.
Back then, I don't really like drinking. I did it because I want a getaway. I want a way out. I want to feel detached from reality under the heavy influence of hard liquor. When I drink more than my buddies, I will feel superior to them. I will think I looked cool with cigarettes in one hand and a glass of whisky on the other hand.
As I grew older, I figured there's very little I can control about my health. I learned to put what NOT into my mouth. 9 out of 10 urban illnesses are related to food intake. I used to have a reporting superior which I categorized him as an asshole, as he always takes advantage of me, ordered me to drive him for drinking sessions, ordered me to pay, ordered me to send him home, and he called that "business". He once said, he's healthy because he took liver tonic pills to curb the heavy alcohol intake. I didn't say it, but I'd argue why drink alcohol in the first place?
Nowadays, I know how to say no. I'd enjoy drinking a few here and there. I don't feel fun if I start to feel like losing control. Fortunately the new boss didn't ask me to pay, and he took a cab home. The new boss said, you don't need to drink like no tomorrow, because tomorrow you'll still need to clock in 8:30am sharp 🤣 This is the corporate ladder.
I feel a lot like you do when it comes to drinking. It is honestly my only social outlet and often when I meetup with people for drinks, I am not really even enjoying the drinks themselves. Lately, and especially with my first couple of drinks it just makes me tired and want to go home. I think that you and I are around the same age so perhaps we are having this epiphany for the same reasons.
Exactly buddy. It just doesn't feel right anymore. For the first one or two glass, I feel normal. But after 45 minutes into drinking, I don't really care if I'm drunk, but will probably feel sleepy and unrest. I believe with cigarettes in hand, I can do away with the boringness. But it's so hard for me to sit there on a business drinking occasion for hours, and try not to get drunk faster than the client.
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I used to like social drinking sessions when I was younger but then I found it to be wasteful and stupid. Now, I don't drink alcohol other than a sip of wine, beer or tuak once in a blue moon.
Well, I never really enjoying it. I did it when I was younger just because I thought it was cool 🤣
At first glance my impression was climbing the corporate ladder has a bottle of booze waiting for you at the top, and maybe in some ways that is not so far off from the truth.
I think if drinking causes loss of control, this could be a blessing in some ways.
Realizing it causes loss of control for me means no drinking at all whatsoever, regardless of social implications. For pretty much all of us it creates impaired judgement, which is a form of loss of control, and can create decision making patterns that one may seriously regret later on upon further inspection of their decision(s) while only under the influence of even one or two drinks.
For someone who can handle their booze, they might find themselves addicted and live a long unhealthy life of staying hooked because it's easier than facing change, ultimately to face health problems as a result. Your story there made me think of this scenario, which I'm sure is common in that corporate ladder.
Aside from some light hearted fun social interactions from time to time, more negative comes from the experiences people have from drinking in the long run, it seems with many people.
If you're one of the few who can have a very rare occasional drink, then by all means enjoy it, but some probably, and dare I say most, just shouldn't touch it at all.
Well, I have never really enjoy it, other than the fact that I thought it was cool to get drunk, when I was younger.