Anyone else just feel done with drinking?

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Has anyone else suddenly just felt completely done with drinking? I used to love it. Always a binge drinker at the weekends rather than a couple of glasses a night kind of person but I’m now 32, have a 10 month old son and recently married and I suddenly feel completely done with alcohol altogether.

Not that I’ve been binge drinking in the last few years (more my early 20’s) but even a couple of glasses of wine at the weekend now is affecting how I feel the next day and I just feel like I don’t want to waste anymore time feeling mildly hungover and just want to enjoy my life to the full. Maybe it’s a combination of things but has anyone else felt like this and completely given it up for good?

My social circle all drinks rather heavily and currently believe I’m pregnant (I’m not) rather than accept I just don’t want to drink. We went to a barbecue yesterday afternoon and it felt great to actually be completely sober, have interesting chats and be able to drive home and wake up hangover free. I really want to keep this going but the social pressure to drink is enormous sometimes.

Agree with all of this! Date night without wine feels way too much like a normal weeknight meal but I hate the after effects of the wine the next day.

I just finished the last can of an 8 pack I bought for Christmas, so I really don't drink much at all. I'd rather have a nice meal out these days rather than go mad on the beer.
I think I drank my fair share in my teens and 20's though!

There are loads of 0% or alcohol free products out there now so you can have a sociable drink and enjoy a beer or wine and still drive and not feel terrible the next day.

I'm 32 and I stopped 7 months ago. It just doesn't agree with me anymore.

Me. I said last night. No more. I've bought a soft drink with CBD to help fill the odd gap.

I'm the same. I've had two drinks since January, both just the one (a pint and a small glass of wine) and both were fine but I couldn't be arsed to drink more.

Used to love it. Early thirties here.

This is how I feel right now! Anytime I drink I am wide awake in the night. And more than two glasses of wine and I don't feel great.
I've definitely feel the need to reduce my intake and haven't drunk that much in the last few weeks. No more alcohol at home in the evening!

I'm with you OP.
I've wrestled with wanting to give up drinking for years.
I don't actually drink that much. Just a couple on a Friday and Saturday night but tended to feel less energetic the next day and my mood dips sometimes.
I've not drank anything for two weeks now and intend on not drinking at home ever and only drinking when I go out to socialise. I only go out drinking a few times a year so that seems ok to me.
Feeling so much better for it already!
I'm really enjoying the Alcohol Free Life (Janey Lee Grace) podcast and Club Soda. Makes me not feel so alone in it!!

I don’t care whether people criticise my non drinking. I’m not spending money on something I don’t enjoy because other people think I should. Tanqueray alcohol free gin with Fevertree tonic and ice does me. Or just the tonic and ice.

No but I haven’t drunk enough to be pissed in about a decade, I’d hate that.

I rarely drink since having dc1. After 12 years of trying to get pregnant, being pregnant and breastfeeding I find that these days I'm a total lightweight and a small amount makes me feel dizzy and headachey. I've not been keen on the taste since having dc1 either.

After pregnancy I just couldn't be bothered to take up drinking again. All the hassle of having hangovers or feeling tired, or worrying about being too drunk and doing something daft. Looking back, I don't think I had a big capacity for alcohol really.

Alcohol-free versions of beer and wine are easy available nowadays - or in bars you can ask for lime and soda or blackcurrant cordial in a wine glass. Sometimes helps with "fitting in".

I haven’t had a drop since January when I started losing weight. It’s just empty calories and I don’t get anything out of it.

I ordered an alcohol free gin in a restaurant on Saturday. The waitress made a big fuss of asking where I'd seen it on the menu because no one had ever ordered it before. Wished I'd ordered a Diet Coke in the end as it felt like the whole restaurant was judging me!