“Do you want another round?” my friend shouted over the blasting music at a crowded outdoor bar last weekend. “Sure!” I screamed back, only to immediately chase her down to change my order from tequila to water. The thing is, I didn’t actually want another drink. After a year of infrequent drinking at home and no hangovers as a result, my relationship to alcohol had changed and I wasn’t ready to jump back into my old habits quite so easily.
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