Comment on LessWrong experience on Alcohol

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:55:11 GMT

You can be a loner who drinks and a non-loner who does not drink. They are separate problems and its completely up to you if you even mind being alone enough to change your "reputation" of "lonerness".

Its like you making the decision that you don't mind not being drunk.

Things that come with the territory of not drinking include - not understanding what people are going on about; and not doing the social drinking ritual that many other people do.

Things that come with chosing to not socialise a lot; not being reasonably able to complain about the bad sides of your chosen social-position, potential loneliness, potential freedom to explore the globe without feeling like you are leaving friends behind, opportunities to meet new people in the time that might otherwise be spent with people you already know... increased productivity by having more time, decreased productivity for time spent worrying about being alone.

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