...Enjoyed it at the time but these days i rarely drink just can't be arsed with it. Just got to stage where i really can't be arsed with drink and the way i feel day after.
Exactly how I feel these days. I have never been a big drinker - teetotal until I was 25, when I lived in Germany and discovered white wine, particularly their ausleses and spatleses, then moved up the ladder to Gerwurtztraminers, then onto French whites, and Spanish and Australian reds.
However, even then I was never a big drinker, until my marriage broke up, and I don't think I was sober for about 18 months. Not drunk, but not sober either.
After one too many 'morning after the night before', I finally woke up to the reality of what alcohol was doing to me, and just stopped.
I now limit myself to a bottle of Muscat at Xmas with the Xmas cake, and perhaps 2-3 bottles of wine during the year.
I found it very easy to stop, so I don't think I have the alcohol gene to worry about, but many friends are still struggling to cut down many years later, so it can be a difficult action to take.
So good luck KasinoKing, and to all those others who are aiming for a dry January.
PS: I may not have the alcohol gene, but I sure as hell have the gambling gene.