Hedonism doesn’t have to derail your health—it can align with it. Drinking with intention, like a clean tequila or mezcal (skip the chemical-laden beers), can be part of a joyful life.
Staying up late, laughing, philosophizing with friends? That’s soul fuel. Connection, creativity, and joy are just as vital as clean eating and exercise.
The secret is moderation. Make it intentional, not habitual. Enjoy the moment without letting it consume you. That’s true balance.
Chesterton rule of drinking: Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will be like the grey-faced gin-drinker in the slum; but drink when you would be happy without it, and you will be like the laughing peasant of Italy. Never drink because you need it, for this is rational drinking, and the way to death and hell. But drink because you do not need it, for this is irrational drinking, and the ancient health of the world.
This.
As you get older, it becomes harder to recover. In my limit experience with alcoholics at my church, many of them drank more frequently over time precisely as their bodies couldn’t deal with it as well.
Im with you though. I enjoy alcohol and I purposely stay fit so I can partake.
-when I notice that drinking is preventing me from getting exercise, I know its time to lay off.
I wish everyone had as good of discipline.
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