New Rule: America Has a Drinking Problem | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Forty days sober after 22 years of drinking. Best move I've made in a long time.

I work at a liquor store. Believe me, a lot more people have been drinking over the last several years.

"This girl asked me, doesn't drinking give you a headache? Yeah eventually! But the beginning and middle part are amazing!" -Mitch Hedberg

I am glad that I gave up drinking and for once in my life am still sticking to new year resolution,it’s 7 months now and still sober..It’s been hard but really worth it.

To be fair, Chuck E. Cheese has served beer since the 80s, pretty sure it was the only way to get adults to actually tolerate a shitload of hyper kids and creepy robots.

“Trauma is the real gateway drug.”

I gave up drinking a year ago, and since then I've really become aware of the drinking culture in the UK. I know we're famous for drinking but I never realised how ingrained it was in our society.

“People say you should never drink alone, yet I’ve found those to be the some of the most enjoyable drinks one can have.” -Christopher Hitchens

Me watching this in Scotland: "Yeah you don't know what a drinking problem is."

That’s really kind of terrifying how true this is

When Ted Kaczynski talked about how instead of the system fixing itself in a way to alleviated the stresses it causes, it instead dispenses substances to essentially medicate said stress away, booze is a prime example of one of those substances

Anxious? Depressed? Bored? Grab a good book. Books have always been my Drink/drug/ therapist. Never needed anything but a good book. .

The alcohol menu is bigger than the food menu at many restaurants.

This is why I love Bill. He lectures us about our problems while also being relatable and funny.

Thank you. I hit my rock-bottom during this pandemic and today I'm over 10 months off the sauce. I never thought I'd be able to kick it. I'm a really bad alcoholic. I still enjoy cannabis but that never destroyed my life like booze did. This has been a collective trauma we're all still enduring. Make sure you check in with your loved ones as much as you can. I didn't expect the pandemic to hurt me mentally as badly as it did, but there's hope for a better tomorrow. Whatever you're struggling with, do not give up hope. You're stronger than you realize.

I've never understood what is wrong with someone drinking alcohol alone or during daylight.

I never imagined when I was a teen in the 70s, hearing the grown-ups lecturing us about the evils of pot while they were sipping their martinis, that I would live to see the day when a proud stoner adult like Maher would be lecturing us all about the evils of drinking.

My boyfriend died of alcoholism three months ago. It's extremely easy to get caught up in it and it's a terrible way to go. He was only 52. Please be careful, people. ✌💗🖖

I work at a liquor store and I can tell you, since covid, we make more money than before. When it first hit, I served people who bought 6+ or more half gallons of liquor and be gone for a few weeks and come back for another case of half gallons. Now most of these people are in my store very single day buying fifths or liters, every single day! My staff and myself noticed before and after covid hit, business is booming since covid. Christmas eve we did 42 thousand dollars, 2019 we did about 23 or 24 thousand.

3 years sober and very thankful everyday for it.