Originally Posted by
Romanianflyer
As for how I passed the time on the Saudia flights - the first clues to that will be in the next post! Not that I cannot get without alcohol. Legend has it that once I did two weeks without a proper pint or glass of wine with my meal when I travelled through Pakistan. Although when more recently I travelled through Iran I did not manage that again as by pure chance (or divine intervention, inch'allah!) I happened to bump into two local bigwigs on arrival at the airport of Shiraz who toured me around in their SUV with built-in fridge full of gin and vodka
Nothing wrong with a bit of pre-gaming!
Like you, I am an enthusiastic and regular drinker. I don't often binge but I do definitely feel the lack of a glass of wine with dinner, though these days I make a concerted effort to have two consecutive AFDs (alcohol free days) per week, and to general astonishment I managed a full four alcohol weeks recently as part of 'dry July'.
When I visited Iran a few years ago, to my surprise it was not a completely dry experience as our hosts (family friends from many years ago) made their own wine, and unlike any other home-made wine I've tasted it was actually quite pleasant. Given how fantastic the food was, it would have been a great shame not to have some wine to wash it down with.