I quit drinking a year ago
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Like the author my cravings are mostly gone now. It turns out that alcohol-free beer scratches the itch anyway. If you're having pizza + wings, then a 0% Heineken is just as refreshing; you don't necessarily need to be pissed to enjoy a meal like that.
I was worried about not having alcohol as a social lubricant, but that has been fine too. A lot of my behavior that I associated with a drunken state has actually turned out to be intrinsic to my character. I'm just as dumb and rude sober. I don't know how to feel about that, but it means there's still no brakes on the party train.
So, something akin to this then: