I’ve Replaced My After-Work Alcohol With CBD

And it’s way better

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It was starting to get out of control. After work I’d come home and crack a beer. And another one. Maybe one or two more. I’m talking higher alcohol content craft beer, too. Three or four of those and you are beyond buzzed — you’re drunk. Oh, but it tastes so good. And hey, it feels good too. But not so much the next day.

Sometimes I’d buy a 12-pack at the grocery store. Then I’d have a dozen beers just ready to be consumed —sitting in the fridge, calling my name. Making coffee the next morning I’d see the 3 or 4 empty bottles sitting at the top of the garbage and think shit.

So I stopped buying the 12-packs for a while — thinking that’s too much beer to have around, and if it’s not in the fridge, I won’t drink it. But then I’d come home from work and think a beer would be good. And I’d walk to the corner bodega and plunk down thirteen bucks for a 6-pack, and drink half of it. Not very cost-effective.

By the way, we’re not talking alcoholism here. That’s another subject for another day. But right now, I’m gonna call this a really bad habit gone out of control. However you want to label it though, it was definitely becoming a problem.

Now, if I’m going out to dinner with friends, or some other social event, I’m gonna have a couple…