I am always the first one to be ready for another one. First one to a buzz. First one broke in the taproom. First one done with a meal.
I just go for it and I don’t mean too. I used to blame everyone else for being too slow. But it’s me (as usual) that is the problem.
I got to figure out how to slow down. Why do I drink so fast if I enjoy it so much? Shouldn’t I be savoring my beers?
To put together a guide for this, I had to filter advice on ‘how to eat slower’, and make it work for beer.
Drink water in between beer sips. I already occasionally do this, sometimes I even add a diet soda and will literally have three drinks going and still be outpacing.
Go at the pace of a slow drinker in your group. This is tough because they are so slooooooow. For me, it’s like when you are behind someone in traffic and you want them to speed up a little bit or get the hell out of the way and they are doing neither. Torturous
Have an NA beer every other beer. This is my own idea. It’s kinda tough to do this one if you’re at a place without a decent non-alcoholic beer. And NAs don’t cut it when you’re switching back and forth (the no-alcohol backbone stands out even more). But this is something to try.
Hang out with faster drinkers. I mean, yeah, I could, but I never run into any. And I feel like I should be slowing down anyway. I was raised Catholic and we are used to denying ourselves of things.
Anyway, I don’t what is wrong with me. I am going to try and slow down and see if that gets me anywhere. Wish me luck.
Thank you for the read. Sorry for the late Monday posting. Enjoy some slow beers this week and I’ll talk to you soon.
-Mikey
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I’m a 2x guy as well Mikey, no shame in my game! “ ya’ll slow, guess who’s driving… not me!” If I’m not driving, then I’m the first at the finish line always! I rarely get to enjoy a good buzz, most of the time I’m driving ( 73.5% of the time) us.
When the tap list perfect, the wife takes the keys and releases me to the alcs ! God I love that woman. Well T.P. You’re not alone, just we are the 2x of our crews and that is ok. Cheers