Thanks man. It was so epic to be there but can’t help feeling a little bad for the Ukrainians who were amazing. They sang their hearts out all evening and lots even stayed in their seats long after the match had finished enjoying the Welsh celebrations. Even outside the stadium there were great vibes and mutual respect going on, with hordes of Welsh fans clapping them etc.
On the alcohol thing, I spent my first year in the gym drinking 4-5 nights a week and made decent gains but as gym starting to take more priority I cut down slowly over time. I never make gains as easily as I do in periods where i don’t drink. Sure, massive changes can happen and you can get an awesome body whilst still drinking - it just comes so much easier without it. I was actually microloading my bench press, didn’t drink for a couple of weeks and started being able to take 2.5kg jumps again for a few weeks… a lot of that would be to do with the better diet caused by not drinking though.