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Drinking Thread: Three Sheets To The Wind

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The "Miss Thundercat." Part bourbon, part chocolate chili liqueur. Much better cutting the liqueur in half.

That being said, I've been nursing this for almost two hours.
 
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Founders re-opened their DET taproom (the following is from a glittery friend that some posters here know):

They're donating ALL profits [from this taproom] for the next 3 YEARS, paid employees the entire time they were closed (I talked to a server today who told me he got a check for $900 every 2 weeks, plus a bonus check), put everyone through taining, set up programs to help the immediate community (including holding health screenings there), are refunding mug club membership payments for 2020 members, and thoroughly apologized.


They are off my sh*list for now.
 
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Nah. They aren’t for me. “I don’t even know if he’s black. I don’t know his DNA.” is a bit more severe than “we’ll train people”
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Nah. They aren’t for me. “I don’t even know if he’s black. I don’t know his DNA.” is a bit more severe than “we’ll train people”
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The donating of all profits to community programs is the part that swayed me. That's a pretty big move. Same with setting up the programs. Not joining them, but setting them up.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Nah. They aren’t for me. “I don’t even know if he’s black. I don’t know his DNA.” is a bit more severe than “we’ll train people”
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This is it. Right now, they're in damage control. I really don't think they've learned anything.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Exactly. If they expand on this next year and show real growth, I’ll come back.
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If it was just training, that's one thing. I'd yawn and move on. The paying of the employees was the right thing to do, and they did. The starting of the programs on their own accord is above and beyond. It wasn't court-ordered, not part of the settlement, etc. Same with the profits.
 
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All I do lately is run out of wine, then run to the store to get some more.

Behold, it's the only running I do lately!
 
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What I picked up today:

Three Olives Rosé vodka

Magic Hour Strawberry Rosé wine.

However, I was bummed I couldn't find my St. Julian Social Butterfly.
 
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The Three Olives vodka... I didn't pick up Rose, I picked up alcohol. Won't buy it again.

However, I'm liking the Smirnoff Whipped Cream. That definitely makes me basic.
 
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Had margaritas tonight while grilling out. God I miss margaritas outside. That was good. The burgers weren’t just good, they were really ****ing great too.
 
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I'm currently going dry, but when I have alcohol again, I set some basic rules to help me keep it in moderation instead of every night.

1. Drink 1-2 nights a week. Not on nights I have to wake up for work.
2. 1 glass at a time. Don't kill the bottle of wine, don't have another beer, don't have two glasses of hard liquor when I clearly cannot handle it. Processing liquor at 38 is different than at 23.
3. Establish a drop dead time for drinking. If the clock reads 7:30 PM or later, no alcohol. Fs up my sleep.
4. Even though I have plenty of it in the house, I keep bringing home new bottles from Meijer or Aldi. No more. Use what I have, THEN get more.

I notice when I followed these rules in the past, I felt better and I had it under control. And I also know right now, hardly anything is under my control, so I've been drinking to cope. Hence the need to go dry until the SIPs are lifted.
 
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Realizing this is a huge first step. Congrats!

It's going to take lots of self discipline, but your previous experience in training for marathons will be beneficial in setting a goal and sticking to it.

There are a few of us around here who rarely drink, gave it up, never have. We're all here for you.

Cutting back is going to be good, and you will see health benefits from drinking less.
 
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aparch said:
Realizing this is a huge first step. Congrats!

It's going to take lots of self discipline, but your previous experience in training for marathons will be beneficial in setting a goal and sticking to it.

There are a few of us around here who rarely drink, gave it up, never have. We're all here for you.

Cutting back is going to be good, and you will see health benefits from drinking less.
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At the very least, I know waking up with bad hangovers isn't fun. I've canceled DoorDash shifts lately because of awful hangovers.
 
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Unless it's really good hard alcohol, I drink what I have and then buy more (for example, have a bottle Macallan 15 sitting around, and will sit around).

For beer? I have my "cellar," about 30 bombers/25oz bottles, aging them in my fridge (one exception: Sam Adams Utopias bottle, that's sitting next to the Mac15). Then I have my "walkin' around beer," beer that I'm actually drinking now. The latter, same thing as the hard alcohol, won't buy more until that stuff is gone.
 
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