Too much alcohol and I know it.

Just don't buy alcohol???

Microdose shrooms and go for a run

First off, great job being such an accomplished runner and productive member of society despite the booze.

Maybe disrupting your usual evening routine could help nix the habitual bottle of wine. You could try finding a hobby or a social club to fill some of your evenings with, or just go for a walk in the neighborhood after dinner to unwind. But something that gets you out of the house for a couple of hours could help take your mind off the temptation of the bottle. Obviously it’s not going to be easy and there’s no quick fix, but shaking things up can help. Best of luck!

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Good for you for being self aware. When you figure it out, let me know. my husband has this habit 4 or so nights a week. He starts with 2-3 beers which have 7%+ alcohol content then we split a bottle of wine. any words to him on my part are met with defensiveness. this reaction indicates he knows it's a problem but doesn't want to do anything about it.

Do you have a wife to go along with the kids? And is she cool with the heavy drinking every day? Either she's a big enabler, or you are a big troll.

That sounds like a ton of money. Even drinking a cheap $20 bottle every day is like 7 large year. Dang.

I was like you. I ended up getting so dehydrated from training and drinking and breaking my foot after tripping one night. Ruined running for 3 months.

I have NA beers every night. There are some good ones out there. They don't dehydrate you they are actually very hydrating. I feel great every morning.

There is literally zero benefits to drinking. You sleep better, train better, sex is better, will engage better with your family.

start running late at night. then you won't want to get drunk before it.

If outwardly you're good, then you're good.

IDK what to tell you. I turned 22 and stopped.

Yes to this. Don't have any alcohol in the house. It seems obvious, but if the alcohol is not within hands reach, it's far easier.

I finally tried an Athletic Brewing IPA last week and they're legit. I've had quite a few NA beers when my wife was pregnant and most were weird/sweet/meh. The Athletic could've easily passed as a so-so IPA if I didn't know. Definitely a nice option

Very similar situation, though my drink is either vodka or whisky. I tend to have at least 3 cocktails a night and I am guessing they are probably at least 2 shots each. One thing that has helped me is simply doing a challenge of not drinking one day. Then the next week see if I can do 2 days off. Inevitably I end up going back to normal at some point, but I do think there is a chance it can work in the future. Changing routines at night also helps. Make some tea, walk on the treadmill if you have one, start lifting weights. For me if I am active I am not drinking whisky while I do it.

Good on you for recognizing this and wanting better. Seeking personal growth is what you're after, and it seems you realize that this aspect of you're nightly habit isn't the best version of yourself. Habits, substances, lifestyle, and behavior patterns make us complex creatures. There's some good strategies others have suggested here for replacements, restraints, and motivations. You have to do what works for you, and try. Some people change their social lives, go sober as an experiment, do it in solidarity for a loved one, medically, because of rock bottom, or just grow out of it. No judgement whatsoever (I have my own history and several loved ones with varying levels of substance interference and major addictions). I give you credit for taking a couple steps forward. Even if you still have one or two (drinks, not bottles), and limit to a couple times a week, you're giving your body, brain, and soul a breather. All the best to you.

You just have to commit. I was in a similar situation except not quite as fast and it affected my running. I often wouldn’t get up at 6AM to run, especially as I got into my late 30s.

It started to affect my health, I was the heaviest I had ever been, which was still only 165.

At first, I got rid of alcohol in the house, now I have plenty for guests, but I have no desire to drink it. It’s just getting out of the habit.

There are plenty of days where I would like a couple drinks, but I know I’ll go back to that old routine. 17 months with no booze, and I feel 10 years younger.

I don’t normally push sobriety on people, but you seem to acknowledge that your situation is not ideal. If you want to stop, you have to make a hard line and say you’re done. The first month is tough, it gets a lot easier.

Except to the good running times, you just described my life until recently. I got up every morning at 4:30 and ran, so I couldn't be doing too badly, right? But I knew that the whiskey wine and beer was a net drag on my life in so many ways. And still, I'd be shopping for dinner and passing through the liquor aisle... Every damn thing seemed like a good reason for "a drink", except they were rarely singular.

I read a book called This Naked Mind after a particularly unhelpful two weeks off running (injury plus bourbon), and to my surprise, it actually made quitting quite easy for me. There are no great revelations in the book, no moment of epiphany. I read it (while drinking whiskey) and thought, yeah I know all this, so what? Then I decided to stop. Alcohol makes my life worse. I haven't surrendered to some "higher power". I may have a few drinks again in the future, haven't ruled it out. But for the foreseeable future it just isn't going to be part of my life. I'm only 30 days without the booze right now, so perhaps it is much too soon to feel like I have accomplished anything, but I feel really good and quietly confident for the future. I'm also on a 28 day running streak of 298 miles and my fitness has been rising.

I've got a marathon on February 4 (my first). I'll comeback with an update on day 100 of my running streak. Check out this book. It's kind of hokey, but I think you will find that the author describes your situation pretty accurately, and it may be just what you need to get out of the hole you are in. It's not that hard to do, it's just difficult to decide to stop. Very difficult.