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Doc Sportello

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4. I think cannabis plays a role as well

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2024, 09:51 AM

May 2024

I quit drinking after switching to edibles. No smoke to affect the lungs and none of the negative effects that alcohol brings. I love the tastes of wine and beer but especially at may age, it's just not good for the body.

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California wine is in serious trouble. For 25 years, the industry boomed. Then it started to unravel. [View all] Auggie May 2024 OP

Everybody is making wine. Everybody is making 'homemade' or 'unique' beers, the markets are downsizing too. SWBTATTReg May 2024 #1

I was drinking wine consistently throughout my late 40s/early 50s, callous taoboy May 2024 #2

I can't drink wine. I''m allergic to something in it. My breathing gets immediately compromised. 3Hotdogs May 2024 #3

Sulphur in wine, YMMV. quaint May 2024 #5

Amino acids IbogaProject May 2024 #6

My breathing too. I think it's histamines. Auggie May 2024 #7

I think cannabis plays a role as well Doc Sportello May 2024 #4

I've been thinking of edibles Auggie May 2024 #8

Just don't do a Maureen Dowd Doc Sportello May 2024 #12

Thanks Auggie May 2024 #13

You might be right - I've found that any amount of alcohol ruins my sleep and part of the next day. Probatim May 2024 #9

same ZonkerHarris May 2024 #11

as my wife and I travel around the state up and down PCH through the central coast we noticed ZonkerHarris May 2024 #10

I drove through the Santa Cruz Mountains and up the PCH today and saw some tempting wineries, but I'd never take a sip NBachers May 2024 #14

Before last October I lived in Lake County, California Mr.Bill May 2024 #15

"They" were following the money ... and I can't blame them Auggie May 2024 #16