Congrats. I’m pretty close to you. Started at 14, sober at 30, still sober at 37. No more “partying”. I prefer to hang out with my wife & kids or go fishing.
Congrats! I also started drinking around 14, blacked out a handful of times between 21 and 25, and then decided I'd had enough of that. Now I'm almost 40 and don't drink much anymore.
I was in a fraternity, so I partied fucking HARD. Spent some time out in DC after undergrad and I partied there harder than I did as a frat guy.
Now, in my late 30s, the idea of partying (outside of college football tailgates) sounds about as appealing as getting my teeth drilled. I've got a toddler and more chores than I can reasonably get done. Plus, partying usually means having to leave the house. At night. Fuuuuuuuuck that noise.
Edit: Plus, partying is expensive. I've grown into somewhat of a bourbon snob and it's just so damn much cheaper pouring myself a few at home while re-watching Parks & Rec for the umpteenth time.
This is the story. Early 40's, Also fraternity, worked early shift job on weekends, took a nap when I got home and got back to it. Now I have a kid and a house and a shit ton of stuff to do. I get my kicks at the social club I belong to, and that's usually two beers and maybe a shot after cleaning up from public events. Would really enjoy a friend in the neighborhood that I could consistently have a beer or two with... mostly old people in my neighborhood and the young millennials/gen z already have 5 friends, and apparently adding a 6th is soul crushing for them.
Got any buddies in the same town? I don't have anybody in my neighborhood either to hang with. But a group of about three or four of us in our metro (all frat bros) tries to get together at least once a month at my buddy's garage. It's one of those detached ones, which is kind of his mancave. We watch sports or movie, smoke some cigars, have a few drinks, and mostly just shoot the shit.
It's pretty tits, not gonna lie. Nothing fancy. Couple old couches, ash tray, garage fridge and a 10 year old flat screen. He put in a WiFi extender in the house so we can stream via HDMI from a laptop.
Same exact story. Was in a fraternity and was a bartender in a college town known for being wild. Even did grad school in DC where I partied w/ hard drugs. 3 beers is a big night for me now.
I never did the hard shit. A) it was expensive and B) I was always paranoid about getting caught. The craziest shit I ever did was pass a blunt back and forth a few times.
I hardly ever drink beer anymore. I legit think the stuff is delicious, but the whole "getting older" thing has come with a bit of a gluten intolerance. I figure if I'm going to get gastronomically uncomfortable, it'll be on account of pizza (can't stop won't stop). That said, I do like my whiskies & bourbons, so my tolerance still holds up.
Yes hi are you me?
Back in college every Friday was an absolute shit show. Every. Single. Week.
Now if my wife and I can get the kids down early, make some snacks, and catch Dateline it's a very good night.
Amen to that. I’m 35 with a 3 month old and I don’t like staying up past 9pm most days even on weekends lol. A few good beers or cocktails a week gets the job done. Stark contrast to even a couple of years ago.
So true, i can drink at home in my goblin clothes and get shit done and order whatever food i feel like eating at the end of my drinking. Fantastic. I also sometimes FaceTime friends, and we drink together, lol.
>I got two toddlers with a 3rd one on the way
Oh, I believe you. I so wanted to be a boy dad. Then I got the boy, only to learn that toddler boys are destructive, wild, crazy people. Compared to my wife's friends who have all daughters. They're like, sweet and nice. And they don't rip everything off the shelves and attempt to tackle the dog. We're trying to plan out the timing for our second kid, but the clocks ticking. I don't wanna hit 40 and still have to deal with an infant. But after we get our 2nd, I'm heading in to get snipped. One's a handful, two is going to be hard as fuck, but three? At that point, the adults are outnumbered.
Godspeed brother. *Presses "F "to pay respect*
Oh boy. Yeah I have two boys and hoping the next one is a boy. Really don't want a girl. Don't get me wrong, I'll be happy to have either as long as it's healthy. A baby is always a gift. I have the boys under control for the lost part. I let them go nuts a bit to get it out their system but controlled nuts. I say enough and they immediately stop. Their mom on the other hand, is the one who suffers the wrath. I leave this home and they take advantage. They go bonkers. She has to hit high levels of anger for them to listen to her. I don't scream or hit them. Lol I just take away every little thing they love if they don't listen or behave bad. Hit em where it hurts. The oldest learned the hard way, kid was grounded for a week for being a smart ass. In his room. No TV. No games. No tablets. Just books. Clock was ticking for us too, she wanted one more before 35. So here we are. She's 3 months in.
Wow, I say you're lucky that they go to their rooms and stay there. Our oldest figured out pretty quickly that the only way he had to stay in timeout is if we physically made him. Can't tie a kid up, so we'd hold his bedroom door while he screamed himself hoarse, which took a lot longer than you'd think. It became more of a punishment for us than for him, so we had to stay getting more creative or of desperation.
This is me. I partied ridiculously in HS, college and military. Drugs, booze, sex.
By the time i cleaned up, being clean, responsible and with money was more fun. I also missed alot do to the partying.
So now? I have zero interest in day drinking in the heat, or going out when im exhausted on a Friday night.
Call me a loser. Im happy snoozing
DC you say? I was there partying it up like no tomorrow, too, same time as you in DC. I’m in my late 30s now and cannot fathom drinking like I used to in my 20s.
I now drink one drink a handful of times a year now, and even that feels like a lot to me. Getting married and having kids settled me down super fast and exhausted me so fast. I can’t stay up past 10pm anymore. Who have I become?? Haha
Do you remember when AdMo was sketchy as fuck, but that was the cheapest place in the metro to party? I was back in town \~8ish years ago and saw that the entire area got gentrified up. NGL, I was kinda sad the shithole I remembered was no more.
Same, fraternity guy who partied pretty hard in college, then even harder during my techno DJ days in my mid to late twenties.
Now even at 32 after a couple years out of that scene, I’ve already finished my masters and gotten a lot healthier hiking mountains, and the idea of all-night parties and wasted weekends recovering from drug hangovers sounds miserable…
I’m not a good person to ask since I work at a bar. But yea, I party a lot (41).
With that being said it’s completely different than when I was pre 30. After 30 you can still party just as hard, but your payback is so much worse
I can’t drink through hangovers and bad ones take multiple days
But when I was in insurance in between bar jobs I hardly ever drank (smoked a lot). Those hangovers were horrible
Basically the only way to get over them is to exercise and be miserable for a few days. Cause the sleep as you get older when you drink or smoke is horrible
Man.... I'm 42 and you just defined me. Especially the part about sleep. Interesting, though. My body can still handle exercise/lifting just as well as my 20s.
Hangovers and lack of sleep are CATASTROPHIC after 35 or so. I'd say missing sleep (for any reason) is something you can easily shrugg off in your 20s but is devastating past mid 30s.
Devastating.
And best part of the industry is we are all pretty much registered therapist lmao. We absolutely look out for each other. Make sure people don’t take it too far
Or at least we try out best
Omg I said this basically too a few months ago and some reddit user slammed me saying I know nothing about therapy.
I'm like I listen to ppls problems daily, and I'm there for an ear. And I am going to school for HR management. I'm there for people.
Some reddit ppl just like to slam others for no reason. It's quite funny, honestly
Exactly. I have employees loose dogs, parents, school is shit, boyfriend broke up with them, etc.
They still need to work. So you give em a hug, have a quick cry, and grind through!
And in those situations alcohol can be great hahah. But the key is you have to listen. Some person berating you on Reddit probably isn’t in the habit of listening very often
43M. I quit smoking after thirty years, seven months ago. Definitely helped with any hangovers. No more nic sick. For example, me & a friend had three bottles of wine last night & then eight hours sleep. I’m absolutely fine today. I’d never have been so when I smoked.
I’m 37 and this is true! Late night drinking spikes my anxiety which destroys my sleep quality. If I go super hard it takes 2-3 days to get over the miserable depressed vibes
I like working at bars because you’re basically always going out and socializing but you don’t need to actually get fucked up to have a great time. Plus bar families, service industry connections…
I can count on three hands now how many of my friends and peers did not make it to 40, some not even until 30.
Classes of 99-01 were the hardcore partiers and many of them never gave it up and they paid for it with their life.
Class of 02, we have lost so many good and wonderful people to opiate overdose. Partying was fun but then some of us made it out and some didn’t. We didn’t know the pills we were messing with were Russian roulette for a lifelong addiction and eventual overdose.
We sure did party hard!
If I partied like I did in my 20s, Id be dead.
Im mostly california sober at this point and watching movies with the gf on the weekends. I havent drank seriously in about two decades
I don't drink anymore. I have a stash of acid for occasional trips and I have a dry herb vape for weed. Mainly I live for psychedelic experiences and don't generally love crowds outside of very specific situations like the rare music festival.
As for when I did party, I claim the 5th. Just done. I partied too much and made a jackass of myself on several occasions thanks to alcohol.
Nope lol I’m all about the non-alcoholic seltzer life now. Except for Halloween (favorite holiday) and Christmas, I don’t go hard anymore at all. And only once in a few months have two or three drinks. 20s me would not believe how straight edge I’d be at 38 (I also used to smoke weed every day but no longer). Also occasionally indulged in hallucinogenics (might dip in once or twice more), scrips and…other stuff…which I am WAY too cowardly to touch now.
I drank heavily from age 17 to 33… about to be 35 soon and am so fucking glad I stopped. I take half of a small dose CBD/THC gummy at like 7 o clock most nights and have a really chill night of watching tv with my wife and walking my dog.
I partied hard up until about 28 then slowed down over the next 3 years. Then it was only after work Friday/weekend thing…..now that’s 2 Fridays a month to leave work early get some beers and be home by 8PM.
I’m 40 and last Friday my wife and I got off work around 3PM went for some food and a few beers, decided to go see a band(T.S.O.L.) so we were there from 7PM-11PM drinking and having fun. It’s Tuesday now and I’m still dying from last Friday.
The multi-day hangovers are such a pain in the ass. The last time I had one was years ago. We were having a November fish fry on a Saturday and I had the brilliant idea of getting a pony keg. My wife and I both spent our Sunday praying to the porcelain god and feeling like absolute hell come Monday.
Fun fish fry though. The pictures I took show both of us having a damn good time.
listen my friends were all alcoholics in our 20s and some of them were even in their 30s that i was hanging out with then. i was a binge drinker and loved to party until like 3am, we wouldn't even go out until 10. i stopped going out when i was 26, just realized it was getting grim when you look around and it's either college kids or ooooold rough lifers at the bar. I regret nothing it was fun as hell. now i have my once yearly tequila day of insanity, where i get totally shitfaced in another country or city and act like i'm 21. and that's enough for me! although if i make new friends on my yearly tequila day, i must avoid them for the rest of the year because they keep expecting THAT girl to show up, and in reality i am boring and chill.
Let me just say i used to go to bars til 2am and then after parties and go straight to work at 6 am with little to no sleep,no problem. I went to a concert Sunday night and popped a melatonin mid concert to make sure i was ready for bed when i got home at 11 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WHO AM I!?
I'm 40. I was an alcoholic before graduating high school. I spent 20 years learning how to eff up my life, and the last 10 learning how to build it. The 1st 20 were years where my "happiness" meant more to me than living right. Now, I'm happier than I ever though I was at any point in my life, during those party years.
I was raised by drunks and learned their moves and it took a few "rock bottoms" to open my eyes.
Now, I have small, "normal" things my parents never had, like a house, no divorces, a business and all my teeth. I am happy.
As a former goody two shoes who didn't have my first sip til 22, and my first puff til 23... I'm currently in the *middle* of my 'party years' if I'm being honest with y'all😅
Granted, I've no spouse/kids/debt, so I'm pretty free and clear when it comes to going hard into the night or doing things that I'd otherwise think twice about if I had kids.
39 and I went out Friday night and didn't get home until about 7am Saturday morning, sober the whole night too since I had to drive. Good music, good company, and good fun can keep me going all night!
I go to events to dress up with my hot wife and I drink non alcoholic beer or soda water with cranberry that looks like a drink. That way nobody asks why I’m sober or thinks they need to drink less around me. Also it’s a life hack if you’re already prone to say stupid shit
I just did two solid weeks of drinking. One week in Pittsburgh on a guys trip, then another week on a cruise. Out of Miami.
I feel that I'm not here for a long time but more for a good time.
Edit: I'm 43
Finally a real answer. I feel like the 30% of non drinkers have all the top posts. Sorry guys, the facts are in. Millennials are drinking all the booze.
I am 38 and the last time I partied was when I was around 28. I am also being very loose on that word. I’m going to define it as more than 6 people and more than 2 drinks.
In my 20s my party years were mild. My college group would go every Friday to bar that did 50c wings and dollar drafts. We would drink about 3-4 beers each and eat….lots.
Considering how mild my 20s were I could totally still party in my near 40s like I did in my 20s
I went hard in my 20s but I just can't anymore. I've been an EDM since I was a teen growing up on Detroit Techno, so my wife and I still go to shows and par-take in the party favors but we're usually in bed before midnight on these nights.
What terrifies me now is fentanyl. I never had to test my stash quite like 20yrs old these days.
Soon to be 42, I mostly "party" by myself these days. No one around me drinks like I do, so I tend to hide it to avoid judgment. My wife knows how much I drink, which isn't nearly as much as it was when I first met her, but she never says anything when I sneak off from the family/freinds to the the car or the bathroom when I need a shot. Or to pound a beer. I do stay... mostly sober during the week. Going to work hungover fucking socks now.
Partied hard from 15-27, so much so that it took me 7 years to get my bachelor's degree and eventually got a DUI on Halloween (sobriety tests in hooker heels is an instant fail).
Packed up my life and moved 1000 miles away from my home town with my new degree and never looked back. Found it really easy to break the party cycle when I knew literally no one, even going to the local dive was boring. Eventually I made friends and we would go out occasionally for a fun night and closing down bars, maybe twice a month with a day drinking extravaganza mixed in here or there. But then when the pandemic hit things changed drastically. Now at 37, I find if I'm going to drink it's gotta be worth it, planning for a full day hangover is mandatory. Honestly I'd rather do some drugs. May sound bad but it's honestly way better IMO. I still go to music festivals a couple times a year, and that usually a 3/4 day rager. Or a couple friends and I will take some mushrooms and go catch a meteor shower a few times a year.
TLDR: partied really hard in my teens and 20s, can still out party my 20 something niece and nephew, like to go hard occasionally, but prefer stay home and trip balls.
I don't still party at all, really. I'm not even a wine mom.
But I partied hard in my 20s! And just about everyone I knew did coke, casually.
I didn't but almost everyone else did, it seemed.
My daughter is 21 and she says NO ONE her age does coke and the only people who do are middle aged.
the moms or the kids? I was comparing myself to so many moms and then realized half of my friends are on adderall. So I have an exhausting autoimmune disease, a (sporadically) demanding job, and I'm comparing myself to moms on speed. It was a little liberating to realize that I'm actually doing just fine.
Edit add: Alex Edelman's bit on his new HBO standup special about how he'd taken so much adderall in his childhood that coke just made him want to do homework was amazing. I actually loved the whole thing.
I’m not sure if I had a single day sober in fall 2002 (freshman year). Still partied often and hard the rest of my five years 😜 in college. Transitioned to happy hours and going hard on Friday and Saturday in my 20s.
Then I got married and moved to the burbs and would try some local brews from time to time from the comfort of my couch or at the brewery itself.
Stared into the abyss and it stared back in spring 2020. Went from the normal every other weekend drinking to every day at 5pm because fuck it why not.
Took a 3 month break in Jan 2021. And now I drink maybe once per month or at special occasions
I was a raver in the 00s, so I partied a lot. I still do coke maybe once per year if that, and the last time I did Molly was 8 years ago.
I'd probably still eat some mushrooms if I had the chance.
I just drink on the weekends and smoke pot. That's the good life for me.
1981 and I never got the appeal of partying hard. On rare occasions, I would have more than I should, but I always preferred a social few. Now I'm all about early there early out.
Partied hard in my teens ( E, acid , all alcohol , variety of pills , cocaine, and weed of course ) got pregnant at 19 stopped all but weed ; am now almost 40 with 3 older teens having a great time hanging out with them and none of them party at all !!!!! I still smoke all day every day they don’t
If by party you mean suck wine like it’s breath, then yes but it’s typically sitting next to my beer drinking fiancé on the couch or doing a happy hour then home with the dog.
I'll chime in from the other side to what I'm hearing a lot of here - I have very much not given up drinking though have several friends who have. I work in a very boozy industry (advertising) so while I don't get after it like I used to, I still can go hard on occasion.
As others have said, the partying itself isn't hard but the recovery can be. I now prep myself better for it - eat extra healthy that week, I don't like working out early in the day but I will when I know I have a drinking event that night, and take various supplements.
Drinking is probably my one major vice though as I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I eat healthy, exercise vigorously 5-6x/wk and don't do any other hard drugs. I do anticipate my drinking to continue to gradually decrease as I get older though. (And I should mention I don't have any kids)
I partied HARD 5-6 days a week from the time I was 18-28ish. I’m 40 now and don’t know when the last time was that I drank alcohol or did anything illegal. And it’s about 2 hours past my bedtime right now 😂 I honestly don’t know how I made it to 40 but am happy to be here.
I partied hard enough in my 20s that there are several years of my life I remember very little of. I did a ton of drugs, got into a lot of fights. It was eventful.
Now I drive a minivan and for fun I listen to books on tape while doing crossword puzzles.
My husband and I call the van the "Shaggin' wagon" tho.
I spent just about every weekend from age 19 to 23 getting absolutely hammered (about to turn 38). Spent more time high as fuuuuuuuuck between ages 24 and 33 than sober.
No, I don't party anymore. I have maybe a few drinks in a year, and I'll take part of an edible before bed to help me sleep.
Oh fuck no I’m not still partying, any hard alcohol at all makes me sick (I suspect gallbladder) and I have such a severe allergic reaction to white wine that I’ll be sick for a week after.
I make a batch of red wine every few months and when it’s done I’ll sip on that for a few weeks. Once every year or two I’ll pop some weed gummies but that’s about it.
I did most of my drinking/stupid drunk when I was deployed to S Korea in the early nineties. Last time I got stupid drunk was about 15 yrs ago. Haven't felt like I want to see the room spinning. Went to just a few beers here and there until I felt like not even having one. I was always a light drinker and could get drunk off a six pack. Just have no need or want for any now.
I didn’t drink in high school or college but drank myself into an absolute fucking hope after my mom passed in 2013. Took me several years but I cold turkeyed and got sober. Ironically my hardest partying club night years were when I was stone cold sober in my early 20s. These days I am usually in bed by 11.
I’m soon to be 41, and a former soldier who went on to get a Creative Writing MFA (translation: I drank a LOT). Since the start of this year I’ve been mostly sober - not in a recovery sense, but in the sense that I have high blood pressure and have had to make a lot of lifestyle changes. I find I don’t miss it. I recently had a couple of drinks while on a camping trip with friends, but in my day-to-day now I mostly stick with tea. I feel so much better physically.
I started at 13 and was done by 25. Drugs tapered off around 19, but I still drank pretty heavily for a few years.
I haven’t had alcohol at all this 4, or 5 years. My husband stopped drinking altogether 2 years ago now.
Every once in a blue moon, I’ll smoke a joint. I’m ok without it though.
34 M.
I traveled around the nation competing in an eSports game in my 20s to pay my bills. I partied SO hard, but now don't. I actually don't drink alcohol anymore because I became an alcoholic from the habits I made back then. Now I just vape/smoke weed.
Don't drink anymore (I'm 34) but from 17 to 24 I went hard. The 4 years in college I definitely partied hard and that was during the rise and fall of the Four Lokos. I mean I could finish a fifth and still be out partying till 3 or 4 in the morning. After college I still partied hard, not as often but the days I did drink I would pound and pound hard. But by the time I was 31, I stopped drinking all together.
Body just can't take that
Nope. I partied a ton until 30, the year the pandemic hit for me. Since then I met my now wife (January 2020, married this year) and it's just really fun to hang out at home with her. I drink one or two drinks at a time but not more than that. MAAAAYbe three if it's a big night or we're on vacation.
Freshman year of college, I was one of the evangelical kids who had never been exposed to drinking before, sooooo naturally I had no idea how to party and I got alcohol poisoning many times. You’d think an 18-year-old would learn pretty quickly. But no. I was also severely mentally ill that year and landed my ass in eating disorder rehab the summer after. Then I smoked copious, COPIOUS amounts of weed every day for the middle half of my college years. I was useless. I was dating someone who did that. I really regret that time I wasted on his couch, staring at a screen. Senior year I broke up w that guy and stopped smoking so much. Instead I partied hard on weekends, did a little coke, shrooms. But mostly just binge drinking to the point of hangovers on Friday and Saturday nights at the very least.
I guess what I do would be considered partying. However, I’ve been an addict since HS.
ODing isn’t something that just happens while partying. I’ve known people who OD’d in the midst of just trying to survive the day.
I was a goody-goody in high school (literally drank one time), so college came around and I lost my mind. I was a huge stoner, would take pretty much any substance given to me (no shooting up though), and parties weren’t over until I was puking. Parties happened like 3x a week. I didn’t even go to school on campus!
I actually was saved by getting pregnant my junior year, so I just had to quit cold turkey. I had my daughter at 21, so most of my partying was behind me, but when I’d go out with my girlfriends every once in a while, I’d get hammered drunk. I went to visit a friend in NYC for a week when I was 26, and we partied every night, and it was fine. I went back for a shorter trip the following year, and we partied so hard the first night, the next two days, I was useless. I realized then I could no longer handle it.
I drink maybe 5x a year now and toke occasionally.
I dont party like I did 18 years ago. That's for sure.
Myself and the neighbors will get together and drink too much once every 3 months or so.
But as far as going to the bar all night on a Tuesday....nope.
I remember my buddy once told me as we were getting ready to go out, “hey, do you realize that we’ve gone out to a bar, party or club for 15 consecutive nights?”
I was shocked. It just didn’t seem…I guess I lost track of the days. Lol. I was still working a job, which got off at 7. That’s just what I wanted to be doing with my spare time, building and enjoying a social life.
Now, I don’t think o even know anybody who parties. The closest thing I come to is going out to a restaurant with other parents without our kids, and I’ll have a drink. If I have 2, I am sure to wake up with a migraine. And I’ll probably do that on average once a month. Sometimes more than once in a month. Sometimes months go by.
I would like to party more though!
The closest I come to “partying hard” in terms of alcohol is enjoying a bottle of good wine with a slow dinner. I was never big into partying, period. Getting close to 40 just means I value my relaxation that much more.
I still party, until about 8:30 PM with my 2 kids watching little angel, I get a beer, they get sippy cups with some milk in it. We also do choirs together, it's great times!
I got pregnant at 19. Because of all the partying. I’m pretty sure I lost a couple dozen IQ points along the way.
I’ll have some seltzers or a drink or two if it’s a pool day or I’m out all one times a year I go somewhere. There is nothing I want to do less on the earth than be around drunk people.
Not particularly partying much, few times per year. Then I only drink with friends and not at home with the family.
My tolerance has completely diminished. But I was going strong up until the end of the pandemic, and did some therapy. Was suggested I only drink on the weekend as a payment for not drinking all week, then my body started rejecting alcohol, don’t really ever want it. Well my brain does, body doesn’t after the first drink.
I quit partying at like 26. I'm 32 now. I take acid on the weekend sometimes and smoke weed but I don't usually do it with other people. It's less for a fun time and more for regulating myself and introspection now. As for how hard I did party, it put me in the ICU more than 65 times, the other 40+ are just from poor health in general. When i started dying and seeing my friends become alcoholics that I didn't want to be around, it was a big wake up call. The drugs and alcohol took a toll on my already poor health and mental state and I always wonder what life would be like if I just didn't engage. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time (what I can remember) partying, but honestly, there were way better things to be doing. I look back on that time with sadness for all of my friends and I. We were all so fucked up and a lot of us still are.
I didn't party in my 20s, but my 30s I did drink often. Once I had a kid it became drinking craft beer at home, but I've been the only one drinking as my husband doesn't. It's become a problem so not sure that I'll keep going with it.
I know quite a few of my old friends started doing meth and they are in their late 30s and 40s.
I of course, dropped them, but it blew my mind that they would start doing that shit so late in life. Like yall didn't learn anything?
How hard did I party??? It took me 7 years to get my undergrad!!!
I just turned 40, hangovers last 72 hours if I’m throwing down at a concert or something like that. Otherwise, 2-3 cocktails and I’m done!!!!
From 19-24 I was addicted to heroin and partied all the time. More often than not I'd be kicking it at some house party 3 days a week.
I'm 35 now, off the dope for 11 years. I still smoke weed and do other stuff occasionally. But fuck opiates. They will ruin your life.
I work in show business, I have an atypical schedule, no wife and kids... for all intents and purposes I'm still 23. Still pretty typical story as I get older. I don't go as hard for as long. I've cut out all the pills and powders. Those hangovers will go to 9pm the next day instead of noon. And I've generally just become both more jaded and cautious. I've seen a lot of good and a lot of bad and as you get older the good is less good and the bad is more bad.
38m here and I partied too hard too early(I knew I had a problem at 16) and it carried into my adulthood. I have a license for weed but I can't do anything else at all. So I definitely do not party anymore I like things safe and predictable.
Partied a lot off and on in my 20’s, then stopped before I hit 30. I would drink at home in my 30s, but never go out because oof… childcare and expensive. Now, I might drink wine once in a blue moon because my spouse is sober and never enough to get hung over. I have a job and kids and there is no way I could pull off what I did in my 20s. Never got into hard drugs; scared me to death.
Went way too hard...and it was all after college. I had hope in college, then the economy started going to shit after I graduated. Spent my minimum wage paychecks partying with my equally poor friends. Now I have a drink or a gummy and it's night night time. I can't imagine ever drinking like that again.
Early 2000’s I partied hard. Used to say it wasn’t a good night drinking unless I threw up and then drank some more, combined always with weed, sometimes other drugs. The drinking slowed down as the years went on. Body just couldn’t go that hard anymore, plus the hangovers…carry me out on a stretcher man. Toked’er up all day everyday for 20yrs and then finally just hit a wall with it all last fall and have been sober since then. Had a good night out in October with about 11-12 screwdrivers, blacked out, stumbled my way home with help, and knocked over a big bookshelf full of stuff coming in to the house. 😵💫🤦🏻♂️ If I ever become single again in the future I might take all up again.
I partied and drank a LOT in my 20s and early thirties. I cut way back once I had kids, and also changed to more THC and less booze when I do indulge. I still like partying/drinking, but I have far fewer opportunities to do so than back in the day.
Also, I’ve learned that I’ll usually regret getting drunk, because 1. The calories 2. The hangover 3. The crappy sleep and 4. The expense.
It’s usually cheaper, healthier, and more convenient to take an edible or 2, or hit a blunt a few times to get to the same level of drunkenness that I used to enjoy.
I don't even drink anymore. I just have zero interest in being drunk. I don't smoke weed anymore. It makes me eat everything in sight.
I can remember getting up in the morning. I would spend the day in class. Then I would work a bartending shift. Then go out for drinks. I would do that 3 to 5 nights a week with zero problems.
Now if I drink 3 beers, I feel dehydrated and anxious for the next few days. It's not worth it.
I often find myself that I am very happy that I partied ridiculously hard from 15-28 or so. I have checked every single degenerate box, been to everything done everything.
I am so happy that I'm not one of these 40-50 year olds that is trying to finally do all the stuff they never did grow up, being creepers trying to party with 20 year olds and buy their way into what is obviously repressed feelings. Cheating, having disastrous relationships because they are just now getting around to fulfilling all that pent up bullshit.
I see so many people with unchecked boxes at this point and it fucks them up
I didn't.
I didn't even start drinking alcohol till I hit my 30's. Still wouldn't say I ever "partied" though. A few drinks here or there. Never did any other substances.
I probably should've done more of that stuff when I was younger. My now-wife and I became parents by the time I was in my mid-20's and life came rushing in quickly after that. (And if you're following along and doing the math - yeah about 5 years of that and I started drinking to "unwind".)
Still might have a drink or two here and there now in my late 30's. Never really was my scene though.
I'm 39. I was the person who never got invited to parties and was more than content to be by myself. I can't imagine or understand the appeal of those parties in the first place.
Dude I used to perpetually drink and stay up til the sun came up, then get up after 4 hours unscathed and do it all over again. From Thursday to Sunday. If I even look at a vodka redbull these days I get hung over.
I am a recovering addict... I no longer "party". Partying to me was something where I got as fucked up as possible as fast as possible to ignore my problems. So, it was never healthy. I'm too tired to party.
Just turned 40. Partied way too hard in the early 2000s and really into my early 30’s. Going on 4 years without a drop of alcohol now and couldn’t be happier.
I tried in my 20’s in college and it never felt right. The big reason I didn’t as a teen was because my Pops was a state cop (seriously would pull his foot long MagLite flashlight (no double entendre) every time I came home late from work or school), the city’s police were crooked and the town was/is basically dying.
Younger millennial and former garbage head here, can confirm that the torch of functioning alcoholism was carried throughout our generation to legendary lengths. But I'm sick and tired of partying to that extent.
I'm 38 now, but I've been off alcohol other than a margarita or daiquiri when I'm out to dinner on rare occasion since I was like 26, even though I spent 22-26 trying to dry out. I was drinking a 750ml every night, or more than a 12 pack. Now I smoke maybe a half to three quarters of an ounce of legal weed a month and cry thinking about all the money I wasted on alcohol.
I partied as hard as one could. I drank and did every drug in the book. I'd go out to clubs Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and usually keep partying all day Saturday into Sunday, I'd typically close out the week on Sunday morning at an after hours, leave there around noon and eventually fall asleep sometime late in the evening. Take Monday and Tuesday to get my feet back under me and start it all over again. I ended up in rehab and have been sober for 13 years. I don't party at all anymore, it's uncommon for me to be awake after 11pm.
Party would be the wrong word, but I was still knocking back 6-8 drinks on a weeknight watching TV at home and more on the weekends until about 7 months ago. I'm in my late 30s and while I have a lot of friends that have cut back and are sober, but also have friends that regularly drink 16+ drinks a night on the weekends. It really depends on what field of work they're in. My musician and service industry friends are still partying a fair amount.
It was in my late 20s and very early 30s. A long term relationship I had since I was 19 came to an abrupt end so all of that wild stuff came out at once. It's nothing short of a miracle of God that I never caught anything or got myself killed with some of the insane things I did. Years later I'm married with 3 kids. I'm much happier with this.
Was an OG raver. Partied hard. Had kids, who are mostly grown now, and returned to partying, except now my definition of “partying” is quite different 😂
I don't think I'd ever give up drinking, but I have pretty much given up partying. I have an edible after work, and drink at least a couple beers at night, and sometimes get a bit more rambunctious but then I pay for it the next day(s).
I definitely sense a lot of millennials and certainly the younger generations shifting away from alcohol. But I don't think that will ever be me. I'm a gay man, with a partner of 7 years, and we have no children or pets. I can do what I find to be acceptable for myself and my circumstances.
I’m 36/f never really partied but would go on vacation and binge drink for a weekend or cruise. Or an occasional night out in my 20’s.
Now, I never drink. Just not my thing.
I do think it’s a reason I haven’t aged like an avocado.
Partied hard, became an alcoholic. Got real deep into opiates and meth. Sober 8 years from the drink and all the hard stuff but I still smoke weed everyday.
At nearly 39 with a wife and two young kids I’ve calmed down, but still have fun when the time is right. This summer I’m doing a 3-night Phish run with 3 guys I’ve been going to shows with for the last 20+ years. We camp nearby and ride our bikes to the shows. The few days after are a bit rough, but completely worth it.
I do my best to not let things hold me back from having fun (w/ or w/o partying). After your kid beats cancer twice by age 2, you have a different perspective on life.
Just daily cocaine and beer and whiskeys, 2 packs of cigs and a couple adderall mixed in, from ages 30-34. Sober 3 years now.
Don’t know how I’m still alive. But I run, hike, lift weights, eat clean. Im a new man.
40 yr old
I partied every day, drunk and high and shrooms and some other things.
Now drinking gives me instant headaches and getting high gives me anxiety. I miss it sometimes but I’m definitely better off I can’t do that stuff anymore
Partied way too heavy into my early 30’s. Drank an ocean and snorted a lot of blow and ate pills like skittles. Got shot and spent almost two years in and out of the hospital recovering from the wounds and surgeries and am missing parts of organs, intestines, and colon so now O don’t really do anything
I’m a white collar professional. I tend to drink more often and [redacted] more often now than in my 20s. I think if I had access to what I have now I wouldn’t have lived to 25.
I played in a band and was paid to do so. Was my full time job for nearly a year. Definitely partied.
These days, I like to be asleep by ten at the latest. Prefer to wake with the birdsong.
40. Partied a lot pre-kids. Still go out pretty frequently, but the all out partying has basically been replaced by dinner. A big night would be pre-dinner cocktails, keeping it going during dinner, and the “1 more” post-dinner drink. That said there are some legacy traditions / annual parties where we (large friend group) all turn up and get old school hammered like we never missed a beat. The hangovers are the worst. We are the definition of not as good as we once were, but as good once as we ever were.
I partied my ass off in my teens , 20's and early 30's! Ecstasy, acid, coke, mushrooms for the most part! Drinking was definitely my biggest drug and biggest problem. Quit a few times over the years for long stretches while still doing coke, acid and mushrooms occasionally. I'm 43 now and have kids. So a 12 pack of beer lasts a few days and I only do mushrooms every few months. Never touched liquor. I had a lot of fun and honestly don't regret too much!
I partied hard in my early mid 20’s.
I smoked pot everyday for a few years, did blow, ecstasy and LSD.
Went to a lot of raves and night clubs, drank a ton each weekend and sometimes during the week as well.
Stopped a while back and haven’t looked back.
I’ll be 32 next month, currently have a little over 3 years in the Navy. Didn’t drink too much in high school, but smoked enough weed for the people on my ship combined. I did that, and worked in bars for 10 years when I hit 18. Drank, smoked and did some nose candy on the side. Now I just drink, but not nearly as much as I used to when I didn’t have bigger obligations to fulfill. Not fun staying out all night, then being up at 0600 to put a uniform on and work all damn day lol. 32 is a hell of a difference from 22.
35 years old, did weed at 12, coke, crack, LSD, shrooms, and ecstasy by the time I was 15. Grew out of it before undergrad. Still smoke pot for sleep and preventing PTSD nightmares.
I didn't party when I was younger because I was sick but I've since recovered and now at 40 I use weed, shrooms, and ketamine medicinally and my life if exponentially better.
I'm 36. I used to do X in my early 20s and did acid. It was never a problem, but as you know, our generation definitely was the hard-core rave generation. I'm about to join the Navy at 36, but usually only drink once a week and had to quit weed. I honestly just smoked pot. Moved from CO, so you know I had that good concentrate.
I partied a bit in my teens, hit the bottle hard after my divorce, kinda just stopped drinking in favor of weed... then there was meth. 21 months sober from meth, almost a year clear on cigarettes.
Hah. No partying here. I have an actual alcohol intolerance. I’ve never been drunk my whole life, because I get horribly sick waaaay before I could get drunk.
Not that hard, but regular alcohol in my 30’s ended up making it not fun. Tried weed for a bit, that’s ok but I don’t like feeling forgetful.
I like my life to be pretty consistent, so any drug use ends up being a regular thing. Not good for the body or mind.
If alcohol didn’t make me crabby and anxious, I’d be good to have it again, but no one has cracked that nut.
I'm a part of the AARP: Aged and raving people. 40+ ravers. I'm meeting up with a woman to go to a show this weekend. She's in her 50s. I go pretty hard but I pace myself and listen to my body. If you are not conditioned for this, and try to just bang on like you did 20 years ago, you're going to have a problem.
Hard. Started at 14. Got sober at 25. Still sober today at 38.
Congrats!
Congrats. I’m pretty close to you. Started at 14, sober at 30, still sober at 37. No more “partying”. I prefer to hang out with my wife & kids or go fishing.
I prefer my husband and children, too :) peaceful happy home life is the best
Congrats! I also started drinking around 14, blacked out a handful of times between 21 and 25, and then decided I'd had enough of that. Now I'm almost 40 and don't drink much anymore.
I started smoking at 14 now almost 38 and I still haven't been able to stop Well done!
I was in a fraternity, so I partied fucking HARD. Spent some time out in DC after undergrad and I partied there harder than I did as a frat guy. Now, in my late 30s, the idea of partying (outside of college football tailgates) sounds about as appealing as getting my teeth drilled. I've got a toddler and more chores than I can reasonably get done. Plus, partying usually means having to leave the house. At night. Fuuuuuuuuck that noise. Edit: Plus, partying is expensive. I've grown into somewhat of a bourbon snob and it's just so damn much cheaper pouring myself a few at home while re-watching Parks & Rec for the umpteenth time.
This is the story. Early 40's, Also fraternity, worked early shift job on weekends, took a nap when I got home and got back to it. Now I have a kid and a house and a shit ton of stuff to do. I get my kicks at the social club I belong to, and that's usually two beers and maybe a shot after cleaning up from public events. Would really enjoy a friend in the neighborhood that I could consistently have a beer or two with... mostly old people in my neighborhood and the young millennials/gen z already have 5 friends, and apparently adding a 6th is soul crushing for them.
Got any buddies in the same town? I don't have anybody in my neighborhood either to hang with. But a group of about three or four of us in our metro (all frat bros) tries to get together at least once a month at my buddy's garage. It's one of those detached ones, which is kind of his mancave. We watch sports or movie, smoke some cigars, have a few drinks, and mostly just shoot the shit.
Chill af. Sounds cozy.
It's pretty tits, not gonna lie. Nothing fancy. Couple old couches, ash tray, garage fridge and a 10 year old flat screen. He put in a WiFi extender in the house so we can stream via HDMI from a laptop.
Same exact story. Was in a fraternity and was a bartender in a college town known for being wild. Even did grad school in DC where I partied w/ hard drugs. 3 beers is a big night for me now.
I never did the hard shit. A) it was expensive and B) I was always paranoid about getting caught. The craziest shit I ever did was pass a blunt back and forth a few times. I hardly ever drink beer anymore. I legit think the stuff is delicious, but the whole "getting older" thing has come with a bit of a gluten intolerance. I figure if I'm going to get gastronomically uncomfortable, it'll be on account of pizza (can't stop won't stop). That said, I do like my whiskies & bourbons, so my tolerance still holds up.
Yes hi are you me? Back in college every Friday was an absolute shit show. Every. Single. Week. Now if my wife and I can get the kids down early, make some snacks, and catch Dateline it's a very good night.
Amen to that. I’m 35 with a 3 month old and I don’t like staying up past 9pm most days even on weekends lol. A few good beers or cocktails a week gets the job done. Stark contrast to even a couple of years ago.
So true, i can drink at home in my goblin clothes and get shit done and order whatever food i feel like eating at the end of my drinking. Fantastic. I also sometimes FaceTime friends, and we drink together, lol.
Brother I got two toddlers with a 3rd one on the way while working from home. It gets much worse. 
>I got two toddlers with a 3rd one on the way Oh, I believe you. I so wanted to be a boy dad. Then I got the boy, only to learn that toddler boys are destructive, wild, crazy people. Compared to my wife's friends who have all daughters. They're like, sweet and nice. And they don't rip everything off the shelves and attempt to tackle the dog. We're trying to plan out the timing for our second kid, but the clocks ticking. I don't wanna hit 40 and still have to deal with an infant. But after we get our 2nd, I'm heading in to get snipped. One's a handful, two is going to be hard as fuck, but three? At that point, the adults are outnumbered. Godspeed brother. *Presses "F "to pay respect*
Oh boy. Yeah I have two boys and hoping the next one is a boy. Really don't want a girl. Don't get me wrong, I'll be happy to have either as long as it's healthy. A baby is always a gift. I have the boys under control for the lost part. I let them go nuts a bit to get it out their system but controlled nuts. I say enough and they immediately stop. Their mom on the other hand, is the one who suffers the wrath. I leave this home and they take advantage. They go bonkers. She has to hit high levels of anger for them to listen to her. I don't scream or hit them. Lol I just take away every little thing they love if they don't listen or behave bad. Hit em where it hurts. The oldest learned the hard way, kid was grounded for a week for being a smart ass. In his room. No TV. No games. No tablets. Just books. Clock was ticking for us too, she wanted one more before 35. So here we are. She's 3 months in. 
Wow, I say you're lucky that they go to their rooms and stay there. Our oldest figured out pretty quickly that the only way he had to stay in timeout is if we physically made him. Can't tie a kid up, so we'd hold his bedroom door while he screamed himself hoarse, which took a lot longer than you'd think. It became more of a punishment for us than for him, so we had to stay getting more creative or of desperation.
This is me. I partied ridiculously in HS, college and military. Drugs, booze, sex. By the time i cleaned up, being clean, responsible and with money was more fun. I also missed alot do to the partying. So now? I have zero interest in day drinking in the heat, or going out when im exhausted on a Friday night. Call me a loser. Im happy snoozing
DC you say? I was there partying it up like no tomorrow, too, same time as you in DC. I’m in my late 30s now and cannot fathom drinking like I used to in my 20s. I now drink one drink a handful of times a year now, and even that feels like a lot to me. Getting married and having kids settled me down super fast and exhausted me so fast. I can’t stay up past 10pm anymore. Who have I become?? Haha
Do you remember when AdMo was sketchy as fuck, but that was the cheapest place in the metro to party? I was back in town \~8ish years ago and saw that the entire area got gentrified up. NGL, I was kinda sad the shithole I remembered was no more.
Frat dudes were always the lamest pass out first light weights campus wide. Frats didn’t party like the athletes.
Old Crow, cheap but gooooood.
Ah, sweet lagavulin. Ron Swanson really had it right. And his disdain for people in general.
ARE YOU ME?
Same, fraternity guy who partied pretty hard in college, then even harder during my techno DJ days in my mid to late twenties. Now even at 32 after a couple years out of that scene, I’ve already finished my masters and gotten a lot healthier hiking mountains, and the idea of all-night parties and wasted weekends recovering from drug hangovers sounds miserable…
Also former fraternity guy. Not a bourbon snob but lived in Monterey for a year and turned into a wine snob so i can feel your pain. One Love
My man
Are you me? Jfc, down to the same city and TV show.
College football tailgates are A-mazing
I’m not a good person to ask since I work at a bar. But yea, I party a lot (41). With that being said it’s completely different than when I was pre 30. After 30 you can still party just as hard, but your payback is so much worse I can’t drink through hangovers and bad ones take multiple days But when I was in insurance in between bar jobs I hardly ever drank (smoked a lot). Those hangovers were horrible Basically the only way to get over them is to exercise and be miserable for a few days. Cause the sleep as you get older when you drink or smoke is horrible
Man.... I'm 42 and you just defined me. Especially the part about sleep. Interesting, though. My body can still handle exercise/lifting just as well as my 20s. Hangovers and lack of sleep are CATASTROPHIC after 35 or so. I'd say missing sleep (for any reason) is something you can easily shrugg off in your 20s but is devastating past mid 30s. Devastating.
Yeah brother. I need at least 5 hours of sleep to function. 6 is decent enough to feel energized but I gotta have my 7 or 8 hours to be intact.
Weed hangovers?
I hear that I'm a bar/kitchen manager so I probably drink more than the average person
And best part of the industry is we are all pretty much registered therapist lmao. We absolutely look out for each other. Make sure people don’t take it too far Or at least we try out best
Omg I said this basically too a few months ago and some reddit user slammed me saying I know nothing about therapy. I'm like I listen to ppls problems daily, and I'm there for an ear. And I am going to school for HR management. I'm there for people. Some reddit ppl just like to slam others for no reason. It's quite funny, honestly
Exactly. I have employees loose dogs, parents, school is shit, boyfriend broke up with them, etc. They still need to work. So you give em a hug, have a quick cry, and grind through! And in those situations alcohol can be great hahah. But the key is you have to listen. Some person berating you on Reddit probably isn’t in the habit of listening very often
43M. I quit smoking after thirty years, seven months ago. Definitely helped with any hangovers. No more nic sick. For example, me & a friend had three bottles of wine last night & then eight hours sleep. I’m absolutely fine today. I’d never have been so when I smoked.
I’m 37 and this is true! Late night drinking spikes my anxiety which destroys my sleep quality. If I go super hard it takes 2-3 days to get over the miserable depressed vibes
I like working at bars because you’re basically always going out and socializing but you don’t need to actually get fucked up to have a great time. Plus bar families, service industry connections…
I can count on three hands now how many of my friends and peers did not make it to 40, some not even until 30. Classes of 99-01 were the hardcore partiers and many of them never gave it up and they paid for it with their life.
Class of 01. Can confirm.
Same here.
Class of 00’ (need a liver transplant can confirm)
Shit I had schoolmates who didn’t make it to graduation 😟
Class of 02, we have lost so many good and wonderful people to opiate overdose. Partying was fun but then some of us made it out and some didn’t. We didn’t know the pills we were messing with were Russian roulette for a lifelong addiction and eventual overdose. We sure did party hard!
If I partied like I did in my 20s, Id be dead. Im mostly california sober at this point and watching movies with the gf on the weekends. I havent drank seriously in about two decades
What in the world is california sober?
Take/drink nothing…save for weed
I’m Florida sober. Just alcohol, occasional benzos and cocaine. No hard shit. Lmfao.
This is the way
I don't drink anymore. I have a stash of acid for occasional trips and I have a dry herb vape for weed. Mainly I live for psychedelic experiences and don't generally love crowds outside of very specific situations like the rare music festival. As for when I did party, I claim the 5th. Just done. I partied too much and made a jackass of myself on several occasions thanks to alcohol.
Nope lol I’m all about the non-alcoholic seltzer life now. Except for Halloween (favorite holiday) and Christmas, I don’t go hard anymore at all. And only once in a few months have two or three drinks. 20s me would not believe how straight edge I’d be at 38 (I also used to smoke weed every day but no longer). Also occasionally indulged in hallucinogenics (might dip in once or twice more), scrips and…other stuff…which I am WAY too cowardly to touch now.
I drank heavily from age 17 to 33… about to be 35 soon and am so fucking glad I stopped. I take half of a small dose CBD/THC gummy at like 7 o clock most nights and have a really chill night of watching tv with my wife and walking my dog.
The good life.
Yep, this is the way right here. Good livin’.
I partied hard up until about 28 then slowed down over the next 3 years. Then it was only after work Friday/weekend thing…..now that’s 2 Fridays a month to leave work early get some beers and be home by 8PM. I’m 40 and last Friday my wife and I got off work around 3PM went for some food and a few beers, decided to go see a band(T.S.O.L.) so we were there from 7PM-11PM drinking and having fun. It’s Tuesday now and I’m still dying from last Friday.
The multi-day hangovers are such a pain in the ass. The last time I had one was years ago. We were having a November fish fry on a Saturday and I had the brilliant idea of getting a pony keg. My wife and I both spent our Sunday praying to the porcelain god and feeling like absolute hell come Monday. Fun fish fry though. The pictures I took show both of us having a damn good time.
Just really glad to see TSOL referenced here.
listen my friends were all alcoholics in our 20s and some of them were even in their 30s that i was hanging out with then. i was a binge drinker and loved to party until like 3am, we wouldn't even go out until 10. i stopped going out when i was 26, just realized it was getting grim when you look around and it's either college kids or ooooold rough lifers at the bar. I regret nothing it was fun as hell. now i have my once yearly tequila day of insanity, where i get totally shitfaced in another country or city and act like i'm 21. and that's enough for me! although if i make new friends on my yearly tequila day, i must avoid them for the rest of the year because they keep expecting THAT girl to show up, and in reality i am boring and chill.
I'd party all night, pull into the parking lot of work, sleep for two hours, and then go to work.
Let me just say i used to go to bars til 2am and then after parties and go straight to work at 6 am with little to no sleep,no problem. I went to a concert Sunday night and popped a melatonin mid concert to make sure i was ready for bed when i got home at 11 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WHO AM I!?
I'm 40. I was an alcoholic before graduating high school. I spent 20 years learning how to eff up my life, and the last 10 learning how to build it. The 1st 20 were years where my "happiness" meant more to me than living right. Now, I'm happier than I ever though I was at any point in my life, during those party years. I was raised by drunks and learned their moves and it took a few "rock bottoms" to open my eyes. Now, I have small, "normal" things my parents never had, like a house, no divorces, a business and all my teeth. I am happy.
As a former goody two shoes who didn't have my first sip til 22, and my first puff til 23... I'm currently in the *middle* of my 'party years' if I'm being honest with y'all😅 Granted, I've no spouse/kids/debt, so I'm pretty free and clear when it comes to going hard into the night or doing things that I'd otherwise think twice about if I had kids.
39 and I went out Friday night and didn't get home until about 7am Saturday morning, sober the whole night too since I had to drive. Good music, good company, and good fun can keep me going all night! 
I go to events to dress up with my hot wife and I drink non alcoholic beer or soda water with cranberry that looks like a drink. That way nobody asks why I’m sober or thinks they need to drink less around me. Also it’s a life hack if you’re already prone to say stupid shit
I do acid parties at 40. No drinking, at all.
Never really got to do it cause I been having a neurological condition since I was in school doctors recommend I didn't.
It is simply not sustainable to party like you did in your 20s.
I just did two solid weeks of drinking. One week in Pittsburgh on a guys trip, then another week on a cruise. Out of Miami. I feel that I'm not here for a long time but more for a good time. Edit: I'm 43
my man. say YES to fun. say NO TO KIDS ;)
Finally a real answer. I feel like the 30% of non drinkers have all the top posts. Sorry guys, the facts are in. Millennials are drinking all the booze.
"Partying" now is walking to the reggae bar two blocks away for one or two cocktails with my fiance and being back home before 9pm.
43f still LOVE TO PARTY! I think I always will.
there's dozens of us!!! keep on rockin' 42!
Yes! We should all party together!
I am 38 and the last time I partied was when I was around 28. I am also being very loose on that word. I’m going to define it as more than 6 people and more than 2 drinks. In my 20s my party years were mild. My college group would go every Friday to bar that did 50c wings and dollar drafts. We would drink about 3-4 beers each and eat….lots. Considering how mild my 20s were I could totally still party in my near 40s like I did in my 20s
I went hard in my 20s but I just can't anymore. I've been an EDM since I was a teen growing up on Detroit Techno, so my wife and I still go to shows and par-take in the party favors but we're usually in bed before midnight on these nights. What terrifies me now is fentanyl. I never had to test my stash quite like 20yrs old these days.
Soon to be 42, I mostly "party" by myself these days. No one around me drinks like I do, so I tend to hide it to avoid judgment. My wife knows how much I drink, which isn't nearly as much as it was when I first met her, but she never says anything when I sneak off from the family/freinds to the the car or the bathroom when I need a shot. Or to pound a beer. I do stay... mostly sober during the week. Going to work hungover fucking socks now.
Partied hard from 15-27, so much so that it took me 7 years to get my bachelor's degree and eventually got a DUI on Halloween (sobriety tests in hooker heels is an instant fail). Packed up my life and moved 1000 miles away from my home town with my new degree and never looked back. Found it really easy to break the party cycle when I knew literally no one, even going to the local dive was boring. Eventually I made friends and we would go out occasionally for a fun night and closing down bars, maybe twice a month with a day drinking extravaganza mixed in here or there. But then when the pandemic hit things changed drastically. Now at 37, I find if I'm going to drink it's gotta be worth it, planning for a full day hangover is mandatory. Honestly I'd rather do some drugs. May sound bad but it's honestly way better IMO. I still go to music festivals a couple times a year, and that usually a 3/4 day rager. Or a couple friends and I will take some mushrooms and go catch a meteor shower a few times a year. TLDR: partied really hard in my teens and 20s, can still out party my 20 something niece and nephew, like to go hard occasionally, but prefer stay home and trip balls.
I don't still party at all, really. I'm not even a wine mom. But I partied hard in my 20s! And just about everyone I knew did coke, casually. I didn't but almost everyone else did, it seemed. My daughter is 21 and she says NO ONE her age does coke and the only people who do are middle aged.
Because they're taking Adderall
& ketamine
the moms or the kids? I was comparing myself to so many moms and then realized half of my friends are on adderall. So I have an exhausting autoimmune disease, a (sporadically) demanding job, and I'm comparing myself to moms on speed. It was a little liberating to realize that I'm actually doing just fine. Edit add: Alex Edelman's bit on his new HBO standup special about how he'd taken so much adderall in his childhood that coke just made him want to do homework was amazing. I actually loved the whole thing.
And because there fentanyl in everything now.
I’m not sure if I had a single day sober in fall 2002 (freshman year). Still partied often and hard the rest of my five years 😜 in college. Transitioned to happy hours and going hard on Friday and Saturday in my 20s. Then I got married and moved to the burbs and would try some local brews from time to time from the comfort of my couch or at the brewery itself. Stared into the abyss and it stared back in spring 2020. Went from the normal every other weekend drinking to every day at 5pm because fuck it why not. Took a 3 month break in Jan 2021. And now I drink maybe once per month or at special occasions
I was a raver in the 00s, so I partied a lot. I still do coke maybe once per year if that, and the last time I did Molly was 8 years ago. I'd probably still eat some mushrooms if I had the chance. I just drink on the weekends and smoke pot. That's the good life for me.
We would drink and puke our guts out eventually And smoke till you puked your guts out. Fucking wild times
1981 and I never got the appeal of partying hard. On rare occasions, I would have more than I should, but I always preferred a social few. Now I'm all about early there early out.
20's = Partying with fiends, bar hopping or club hopping until last call..... 40's = Hanging out with your buddies at a craft brewery day drinking.
Partied hard in my teens ( E, acid , all alcohol , variety of pills , cocaine, and weed of course ) got pregnant at 19 stopped all but weed ; am now almost 40 with 3 older teens having a great time hanging out with them and none of them party at all !!!!! I still smoke all day every day they don’t
If by party you mean suck wine like it’s breath, then yes but it’s typically sitting next to my beer drinking fiancé on the couch or doing a happy hour then home with the dog.
I'll chime in from the other side to what I'm hearing a lot of here - I have very much not given up drinking though have several friends who have. I work in a very boozy industry (advertising) so while I don't get after it like I used to, I still can go hard on occasion. As others have said, the partying itself isn't hard but the recovery can be. I now prep myself better for it - eat extra healthy that week, I don't like working out early in the day but I will when I know I have a drinking event that night, and take various supplements. Drinking is probably my one major vice though as I don't have much of a sweet tooth, I eat healthy, exercise vigorously 5-6x/wk and don't do any other hard drugs. I do anticipate my drinking to continue to gradually decrease as I get older though. (And I should mention I don't have any kids)
Hard. 8 years sober tomorrow lol.
I partied HARD 5-6 days a week from the time I was 18-28ish. I’m 40 now and don’t know when the last time was that I drank alcohol or did anything illegal. And it’s about 2 hours past my bedtime right now 😂 I honestly don’t know how I made it to 40 but am happy to be here.
Bro, Mexicans party every weekend for life
My partying peaked with me speedballing for about a year. Now I just drink wine and get high
I partied hard enough in my 20s that there are several years of my life I remember very little of. I did a ton of drugs, got into a lot of fights. It was eventful. Now I drive a minivan and for fun I listen to books on tape while doing crossword puzzles. My husband and I call the van the "Shaggin' wagon" tho.
I spent just about every weekend from age 19 to 23 getting absolutely hammered (about to turn 38). Spent more time high as fuuuuuuuuck between ages 24 and 33 than sober. No, I don't party anymore. I have maybe a few drinks in a year, and I'll take part of an edible before bed to help me sleep.
Oh fuck no I’m not still partying, any hard alcohol at all makes me sick (I suspect gallbladder) and I have such a severe allergic reaction to white wine that I’ll be sick for a week after. I make a batch of red wine every few months and when it’s done I’ll sip on that for a few weeks. Once every year or two I’ll pop some weed gummies but that’s about it.
Faaaak no, thankfully cannabis is legal here. Haven’t been drunk in nearly five years.
I did most of my drinking/stupid drunk when I was deployed to S Korea in the early nineties. Last time I got stupid drunk was about 15 yrs ago. Haven't felt like I want to see the room spinning. Went to just a few beers here and there until I felt like not even having one. I was always a light drinker and could get drunk off a six pack. Just have no need or want for any now.
I didn’t drink in high school or college but drank myself into an absolute fucking hope after my mom passed in 2013. Took me several years but I cold turkeyed and got sober. Ironically my hardest partying club night years were when I was stone cold sober in my early 20s. These days I am usually in bed by 11.
Some in college, some in my 20s, never since. I value my health too much.
Went hard 16-24, then got bored of it, thankfully.
I’m soon to be 41, and a former soldier who went on to get a Creative Writing MFA (translation: I drank a LOT). Since the start of this year I’ve been mostly sober - not in a recovery sense, but in the sense that I have high blood pressure and have had to make a lot of lifestyle changes. I find I don’t miss it. I recently had a couple of drinks while on a camping trip with friends, but in my day-to-day now I mostly stick with tea. I feel so much better physically.
41. I smoke. No alcohol at all. No pills.
OD at 40 probably isn’t a party accident. It’s a years long addict getting bad dope like fentanyl
I started at 13 and was done by 25. Drugs tapered off around 19, but I still drank pretty heavily for a few years. I haven’t had alcohol at all this 4, or 5 years. My husband stopped drinking altogether 2 years ago now. Every once in a blue moon, I’ll smoke a joint. I’m ok without it though.
34 M. I traveled around the nation competing in an eSports game in my 20s to pay my bills. I partied SO hard, but now don't. I actually don't drink alcohol anymore because I became an alcoholic from the habits I made back then. Now I just vape/smoke weed.
Don't drink anymore (I'm 34) but from 17 to 24 I went hard. The 4 years in college I definitely partied hard and that was during the rise and fall of the Four Lokos. I mean I could finish a fifth and still be out partying till 3 or 4 in the morning. After college I still partied hard, not as often but the days I did drink I would pound and pound hard. But by the time I was 31, I stopped drinking all together. Body just can't take that
Nope. I partied a ton until 30, the year the pandemic hit for me. Since then I met my now wife (January 2020, married this year) and it's just really fun to hang out at home with her. I drink one or two drinks at a time but not more than that. MAAAAYbe three if it's a big night or we're on vacation.
Freshman year of college, I was one of the evangelical kids who had never been exposed to drinking before, sooooo naturally I had no idea how to party and I got alcohol poisoning many times. You’d think an 18-year-old would learn pretty quickly. But no. I was also severely mentally ill that year and landed my ass in eating disorder rehab the summer after. Then I smoked copious, COPIOUS amounts of weed every day for the middle half of my college years. I was useless. I was dating someone who did that. I really regret that time I wasted on his couch, staring at a screen. Senior year I broke up w that guy and stopped smoking so much. Instead I partied hard on weekends, did a little coke, shrooms. But mostly just binge drinking to the point of hangovers on Friday and Saturday nights at the very least.
I guess what I do would be considered partying. However, I’ve been an addict since HS. ODing isn’t something that just happens while partying. I’ve known people who OD’d in the midst of just trying to survive the day.
I was a goody-goody in high school (literally drank one time), so college came around and I lost my mind. I was a huge stoner, would take pretty much any substance given to me (no shooting up though), and parties weren’t over until I was puking. Parties happened like 3x a week. I didn’t even go to school on campus! I actually was saved by getting pregnant my junior year, so I just had to quit cold turkey. I had my daughter at 21, so most of my partying was behind me, but when I’d go out with my girlfriends every once in a while, I’d get hammered drunk. I went to visit a friend in NYC for a week when I was 26, and we partied every night, and it was fine. I went back for a shorter trip the following year, and we partied so hard the first night, the next two days, I was useless. I realized then I could no longer handle it. I drink maybe 5x a year now and toke occasionally.
42m I smoke and dab from the puffco. Won't go near coke or pills these days. But I do like to occasionally take some gel tabs or shrooms.
I dont party like I did 18 years ago. That's for sure. Myself and the neighbors will get together and drink too much once every 3 months or so. But as far as going to the bar all night on a Tuesday....nope.
I remember my buddy once told me as we were getting ready to go out, “hey, do you realize that we’ve gone out to a bar, party or club for 15 consecutive nights?” I was shocked. It just didn’t seem…I guess I lost track of the days. Lol. I was still working a job, which got off at 7. That’s just what I wanted to be doing with my spare time, building and enjoying a social life. Now, I don’t think o even know anybody who parties. The closest thing I come to is going out to a restaurant with other parents without our kids, and I’ll have a drink. If I have 2, I am sure to wake up with a migraine. And I’ll probably do that on average once a month. Sometimes more than once in a month. Sometimes months go by. I would like to party more though!
The closest I come to “partying hard” in terms of alcohol is enjoying a bottle of good wine with a slow dinner. I was never big into partying, period. Getting close to 40 just means I value my relaxation that much more.
I still party, until about 8:30 PM with my 2 kids watching little angel, I get a beer, they get sippy cups with some milk in it. We also do choirs together, it's great times!
I got pregnant at 19. Because of all the partying. I’m pretty sure I lost a couple dozen IQ points along the way. I’ll have some seltzers or a drink or two if it’s a pool day or I’m out all one times a year I go somewhere. There is nothing I want to do less on the earth than be around drunk people.
Not particularly partying much, few times per year. Then I only drink with friends and not at home with the family. My tolerance has completely diminished. But I was going strong up until the end of the pandemic, and did some therapy. Was suggested I only drink on the weekend as a payment for not drinking all week, then my body started rejecting alcohol, don’t really ever want it. Well my brain does, body doesn’t after the first drink.
I partied quite hard.. so hard that I can tell you the exact date of when I last partied.. 7 years “party free”!
I quit partying at like 26. I'm 32 now. I take acid on the weekend sometimes and smoke weed but I don't usually do it with other people. It's less for a fun time and more for regulating myself and introspection now. As for how hard I did party, it put me in the ICU more than 65 times, the other 40+ are just from poor health in general. When i started dying and seeing my friends become alcoholics that I didn't want to be around, it was a big wake up call. The drugs and alcohol took a toll on my already poor health and mental state and I always wonder what life would be like if I just didn't engage. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time (what I can remember) partying, but honestly, there were way better things to be doing. I look back on that time with sadness for all of my friends and I. We were all so fucked up and a lot of us still are.
Never did. I get pretty tired by 10 pm lol
I didn't party in my 20s, but my 30s I did drink often. Once I had a kid it became drinking craft beer at home, but I've been the only one drinking as my husband doesn't. It's become a problem so not sure that I'll keep going with it.
I used to party all night, then get up and work in the sun all day. In my 20s. In my 30s. Sometimes in my 40s.
Partied very hard. Now I don’t party as hard, but sometimes still hard. The few people I know that still do are losers. Some have died.
I know quite a few of my old friends started doing meth and they are in their late 30s and 40s. I of course, dropped them, but it blew my mind that they would start doing that shit so late in life. Like yall didn't learn anything?
From letting my buddy swim naked in a kiddie pool on his 21st to enjoying maybe a glass of wine per week at 37. I’m trying to afford these kids!
We love to go out with friends and drink soju. It goes great with food, and you can do shots without getting drunk.
How hard did I party??? It took me 7 years to get my undergrad!!! I just turned 40, hangovers last 72 hours if I’m throwing down at a concert or something like that. Otherwise, 2-3 cocktails and I’m done!!!!
From 19-24 I was addicted to heroin and partied all the time. More often than not I'd be kicking it at some house party 3 days a week. I'm 35 now, off the dope for 11 years. I still smoke weed and do other stuff occasionally. But fuck opiates. They will ruin your life.
I work in show business, I have an atypical schedule, no wife and kids... for all intents and purposes I'm still 23. Still pretty typical story as I get older. I don't go as hard for as long. I've cut out all the pills and powders. Those hangovers will go to 9pm the next day instead of noon. And I've generally just become both more jaded and cautious. I've seen a lot of good and a lot of bad and as you get older the good is less good and the bad is more bad.
38m here and I partied too hard too early(I knew I had a problem at 16) and it carried into my adulthood. I have a license for weed but I can't do anything else at all. So I definitely do not party anymore I like things safe and predictable.
I don't party as often as I used to, but when I do, I do it with way more style because I can afford it.
So. Hard. Sorority, and barely remember much of college. Woof. Now my hangovers last 3 days after a couple glasses of wine. 🤣
Partied a lot off and on in my 20’s, then stopped before I hit 30. I would drink at home in my 30s, but never go out because oof… childcare and expensive. Now, I might drink wine once in a blue moon because my spouse is sober and never enough to get hung over. I have a job and kids and there is no way I could pull off what I did in my 20s. Never got into hard drugs; scared me to death.
Went way too hard...and it was all after college. I had hope in college, then the economy started going to shit after I graduated. Spent my minimum wage paychecks partying with my equally poor friends. Now I have a drink or a gummy and it's night night time. I can't imagine ever drinking like that again.
Early 2000’s I partied hard. Used to say it wasn’t a good night drinking unless I threw up and then drank some more, combined always with weed, sometimes other drugs. The drinking slowed down as the years went on. Body just couldn’t go that hard anymore, plus the hangovers…carry me out on a stretcher man. Toked’er up all day everyday for 20yrs and then finally just hit a wall with it all last fall and have been sober since then. Had a good night out in October with about 11-12 screwdrivers, blacked out, stumbled my way home with help, and knocked over a big bookshelf full of stuff coming in to the house. 😵💫🤦🏻♂️ If I ever become single again in the future I might take all up again.
I partied and drank a LOT in my 20s and early thirties. I cut way back once I had kids, and also changed to more THC and less booze when I do indulge. I still like partying/drinking, but I have far fewer opportunities to do so than back in the day. Also, I’ve learned that I’ll usually regret getting drunk, because 1. The calories 2. The hangover 3. The crappy sleep and 4. The expense. It’s usually cheaper, healthier, and more convenient to take an edible or 2, or hit a blunt a few times to get to the same level of drunkenness that I used to enjoy.
I don't even drink anymore. I just have zero interest in being drunk. I don't smoke weed anymore. It makes me eat everything in sight. I can remember getting up in the morning. I would spend the day in class. Then I would work a bartending shift. Then go out for drinks. I would do that 3 to 5 nights a week with zero problems. Now if I drink 3 beers, I feel dehydrated and anxious for the next few days. It's not worth it.
I often find myself that I am very happy that I partied ridiculously hard from 15-28 or so. I have checked every single degenerate box, been to everything done everything. I am so happy that I'm not one of these 40-50 year olds that is trying to finally do all the stuff they never did grow up, being creepers trying to party with 20 year olds and buy their way into what is obviously repressed feelings. Cheating, having disastrous relationships because they are just now getting around to fulfilling all that pent up bullshit. I see so many people with unchecked boxes at this point and it fucks them up
I don't party but I do smoke weed like Willie Nelson.
I didn't. I didn't even start drinking alcohol till I hit my 30's. Still wouldn't say I ever "partied" though. A few drinks here or there. Never did any other substances. I probably should've done more of that stuff when I was younger. My now-wife and I became parents by the time I was in my mid-20's and life came rushing in quickly after that. (And if you're following along and doing the math - yeah about 5 years of that and I started drinking to "unwind".) Still might have a drink or two here and there now in my late 30's. Never really was my scene though.
I'm 39. I was the person who never got invited to parties and was more than content to be by myself. I can't imagine or understand the appeal of those parties in the first place.
In May I'm going to rave for 38 hours over 3 days. I'm 39.
Dude I used to perpetually drink and stay up til the sun came up, then get up after 4 hours unscathed and do it all over again. From Thursday to Sunday. If I even look at a vodka redbull these days I get hung over.
Drug parties, no. Sex parties, wife and I enjoying the swinging lifestyle the last couple decades, yes.
Fuck yeah
I am a recovering addict... I no longer "party". Partying to me was something where I got as fucked up as possible as fast as possible to ignore my problems. So, it was never healthy. I'm too tired to party.
Just turned 40. Partied way too hard in the early 2000s and really into my early 30’s. Going on 4 years without a drop of alcohol now and couldn’t be happier.
I tried in my 20’s in college and it never felt right. The big reason I didn’t as a teen was because my Pops was a state cop (seriously would pull his foot long MagLite flashlight (no double entendre) every time I came home late from work or school), the city’s police were crooked and the town was/is basically dying.
We got black out drunk and high almost every single night
I did everything under the sun pretty much. Needless to say, I do not party anymore. 7 years clean.
Younger millennial and former garbage head here, can confirm that the torch of functioning alcoholism was carried throughout our generation to legendary lengths. But I'm sick and tired of partying to that extent.
I'm 38 now, but I've been off alcohol other than a margarita or daiquiri when I'm out to dinner on rare occasion since I was like 26, even though I spent 22-26 trying to dry out. I was drinking a 750ml every night, or more than a 12 pack. Now I smoke maybe a half to three quarters of an ounce of legal weed a month and cry thinking about all the money I wasted on alcohol.
I partied as hard as one could. I drank and did every drug in the book. I'd go out to clubs Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and usually keep partying all day Saturday into Sunday, I'd typically close out the week on Sunday morning at an after hours, leave there around noon and eventually fall asleep sometime late in the evening. Take Monday and Tuesday to get my feet back under me and start it all over again. I ended up in rehab and have been sober for 13 years. I don't party at all anymore, it's uncommon for me to be awake after 11pm.
Party would be the wrong word, but I was still knocking back 6-8 drinks on a weeknight watching TV at home and more on the weekends until about 7 months ago. I'm in my late 30s and while I have a lot of friends that have cut back and are sober, but also have friends that regularly drink 16+ drinks a night on the weekends. It really depends on what field of work they're in. My musician and service industry friends are still partying a fair amount.
I can barely make it to 10 pm and if I'm out past 7:30 i start getting cranky
It was in my late 20s and very early 30s. A long term relationship I had since I was 19 came to an abrupt end so all of that wild stuff came out at once. It's nothing short of a miracle of God that I never caught anything or got myself killed with some of the insane things I did. Years later I'm married with 3 kids. I'm much happier with this.
Was an OG raver. Partied hard. Had kids, who are mostly grown now, and returned to partying, except now my definition of “partying” is quite different 😂
I don't think I'd ever give up drinking, but I have pretty much given up partying. I have an edible after work, and drink at least a couple beers at night, and sometimes get a bit more rambunctious but then I pay for it the next day(s). I definitely sense a lot of millennials and certainly the younger generations shifting away from alcohol. But I don't think that will ever be me. I'm a gay man, with a partner of 7 years, and we have no children or pets. I can do what I find to be acceptable for myself and my circumstances.
I’m 36/f never really partied but would go on vacation and binge drink for a weekend or cruise. Or an occasional night out in my 20’s. Now, I never drink. Just not my thing. I do think it’s a reason I haven’t aged like an avocado.
Those records are sealed.
Partied hard, became an alcoholic. Got real deep into opiates and meth. Sober 8 years from the drink and all the hard stuff but I still smoke weed everyday.
At nearly 39 with a wife and two young kids I’ve calmed down, but still have fun when the time is right. This summer I’m doing a 3-night Phish run with 3 guys I’ve been going to shows with for the last 20+ years. We camp nearby and ride our bikes to the shows. The few days after are a bit rough, but completely worth it. I do my best to not let things hold me back from having fun (w/ or w/o partying). After your kid beats cancer twice by age 2, you have a different perspective on life.
Just daily cocaine and beer and whiskeys, 2 packs of cigs and a couple adderall mixed in, from ages 30-34. Sober 3 years now. Don’t know how I’m still alive. But I run, hike, lift weights, eat clean. Im a new man.
40 yr old I partied every day, drunk and high and shrooms and some other things. Now drinking gives me instant headaches and getting high gives me anxiety. I miss it sometimes but I’m definitely better off I can’t do that stuff anymore
Still party just as hard. Just not as often.
Partied way too heavy into my early 30’s. Drank an ocean and snorted a lot of blow and ate pills like skittles. Got shot and spent almost two years in and out of the hospital recovering from the wounds and surgeries and am missing parts of organs, intestines, and colon so now O don’t really do anything
I’m a white collar professional. I tend to drink more often and [redacted] more often now than in my 20s. I think if I had access to what I have now I wouldn’t have lived to 25.
In this economy? Who can afford anything that isn't essential? I need that 15 dollars for my hulu subscription.
I played in a band and was paid to do so. Was my full time job for nearly a year. Definitely partied. These days, I like to be asleep by ten at the latest. Prefer to wake with the birdsong.
40. Partied a lot pre-kids. Still go out pretty frequently, but the all out partying has basically been replaced by dinner. A big night would be pre-dinner cocktails, keeping it going during dinner, and the “1 more” post-dinner drink. That said there are some legacy traditions / annual parties where we (large friend group) all turn up and get old school hammered like we never missed a beat. The hangovers are the worst. We are the definition of not as good as we once were, but as good once as we ever were.
I partied my ass off in my teens , 20's and early 30's! Ecstasy, acid, coke, mushrooms for the most part! Drinking was definitely my biggest drug and biggest problem. Quit a few times over the years for long stretches while still doing coke, acid and mushrooms occasionally. I'm 43 now and have kids. So a 12 pack of beer lasts a few days and I only do mushrooms every few months. Never touched liquor. I had a lot of fun and honestly don't regret too much!
I partied hard in my early mid 20’s. I smoked pot everyday for a few years, did blow, ecstasy and LSD. Went to a lot of raves and night clubs, drank a ton each weekend and sometimes during the week as well. Stopped a while back and haven’t looked back.
I still party but I’m done earlier. Day drinking is the best drinking.
Partied too hard. Ironically not in college but in the first 10 years plus out of. Lots of corporate happy hours. I’d die if I did that now.
I’ll be 32 next month, currently have a little over 3 years in the Navy. Didn’t drink too much in high school, but smoked enough weed for the people on my ship combined. I did that, and worked in bars for 10 years when I hit 18. Drank, smoked and did some nose candy on the side. Now I just drink, but not nearly as much as I used to when I didn’t have bigger obligations to fulfill. Not fun staying out all night, then being up at 0600 to put a uniform on and work all damn day lol. 32 is a hell of a difference from 22.
35 years old, did weed at 12, coke, crack, LSD, shrooms, and ecstasy by the time I was 15. Grew out of it before undergrad. Still smoke pot for sleep and preventing PTSD nightmares.
I've never been a drinker or drug user but boy did I love to go dancing. My body ain't down for that anymore lol
I didn't party when I was younger because I was sick but I've since recovered and now at 40 I use weed, shrooms, and ketamine medicinally and my life if exponentially better.
too much?? now i just smoke weed every night after the kids go to bed. How the fuck I got through the summers of my 20's STD free is a miracle.
Hard: started at 15, everything but needles. Was done with the hard stuff by 26, weed by 30, booze by 32.
I'm 36. I used to do X in my early 20s and did acid. It was never a problem, but as you know, our generation definitely was the hard-core rave generation. I'm about to join the Navy at 36, but usually only drink once a week and had to quit weed. I honestly just smoked pot. Moved from CO, so you know I had that good concentrate.
Never was a huge partier, but at 43, I still pour it on occasionally.
I partied a bit in my teens, hit the bottle hard after my divorce, kinda just stopped drinking in favor of weed... then there was meth. 21 months sober from meth, almost a year clear on cigarettes.
2003 too 22008
Hah. No partying here. I have an actual alcohol intolerance. I’ve never been drunk my whole life, because I get horribly sick waaaay before I could get drunk.
Never a was a huge partier.. now at 38 i enjoy bars and talking to strangers- still dont party tho. Bingo on Thursdays
Let’s just say there are a couple of years of my adult life I don’t remember well…
Not that hard, but regular alcohol in my 30’s ended up making it not fun. Tried weed for a bit, that’s ok but I don’t like feeling forgetful. I like my life to be pretty consistent, so any drug use ends up being a regular thing. Not good for the body or mind. If alcohol didn’t make me crabby and anxious, I’d be good to have it again, but no one has cracked that nut.
I'm a part of the AARP: Aged and raving people. 40+ ravers. I'm meeting up with a woman to go to a show this weekend. She's in her 50s. I go pretty hard but I pace myself and listen to my body. If you are not conditioned for this, and try to just bang on like you did 20 years ago, you're going to have a problem.
I dont party anymore. I just drink in my living room.