Doctor reveals biggest realisation he had about alcohol after he went sober

A doctor has shared the damning epiphany he had about booze after he decided to stop drinking.

Doctor and TV personality Dr Alex George is best known for his time on season four of Love Island, but he has since been appointed as the UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador within the Department for Education.

The qualified GP holds a medicine degree and spreads health tips on his social media account, a lot of which centres on his sobriety journey.

Having put the drink down for good over a year and a half ago, Dr Alex enjoys highlighting the benefits he has gained from choosing to change his lifestyle.

He has previously spoken about the three types of people that shouldn't drink alcohol at all, and everything that has changed for him since he'd gone sober.

But now, he's pointed out the standout factor that he has noticed almost straight away after his last pint, through an explainer video across his social media accounts.

Starting to explain himself, the doctor said: "This is one of the biggest realisations I've had since I stopped drinking

a year and a half ago."

"No matter what the situation - whether you're happy or you're sad, whether it's a funeral or a birthday, whether the football's on, whether you're off to the pub with your mates, whether you graduated, whether you failed exams,

there is no situation that booze isn't the answer," Dr Alex pointed out.

And he may have a point, because celebrations are usually paired with champagne or a form of alcohol.

He went on: "Isn't it crazy that alcohol is associated with every single social event? Every event in our lives if someone passes away, we drink if you achieve something in your life, we drink and it's only when I stepped away and stopped drinking, I realised, what the hell?"

Labelling the trend as 'crazy to me', he said that we have to find a way to mark occasions and not make it all 'about the booze', as it is almost engrained into the culture across the UK.

His followers agreed with his take in the comments, as one user said: "So frustrating when people try and force you to drink.

"It really gets on my nerves as they can’t imagine how you can be having a good time whilst sober."

Another added: "Yeah it doesn't mean you have to drink in every occasion, gathering or life events. Just eat instead," with a laughing emoji.

And a third commented: "So true! And why does it feel awkward at any of these events to say, I don’t drink… people find it so odd."