The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
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What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]
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#32The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
> I fully support anyone doing whatever they like with their body, but we should be able to at least acknowledge that any alcohol in any amount is self destructive.
Yes. There is a related issue, which is that a lot of people just can't accept that something they like is actually detrimental. Since I've never drank, I never experienced this specific kind of cognitive dissonance (if you can even call it that), but I've seen in so many people, it's depressing. There are some things that I love despite knowing that they are bad for your health (like certain unhealhty foods), but I would hate to deceive myself about it (knowing that they are bad allows me to manage the risks, like being aware that I should reduce consumption if I'm indulging too much). But a lot of people have the exact opposite attitude. Which is curious, because the damages are some times very obvious.
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#33The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
let us know if you find a solution to social anxiety and especially existential dread
AA was my solution vs the slow suicidal death by alcohol.
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#35Alcohol is the most harmful drug out there[1] - worse than heroin, crack cocaine, and all the rest. It boggles my mind how common it is, while genuinely useful drugs like psilocybin are still Schedule I and relegated to the shadows. [1]: https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61462-6 https://i.imgur.com/DQDJMGt.png
That paper doesn't really say how they computed the scores of the different drugs. Without that information it's hard to say how accurate the scoring is.
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#36Anyone have their own cure for a hangover the following day after drinking heavily? My usual go-to is a 'Full English Breakfast' that has all the trimmings and it replaces lost electrolytes in my system and 'cures' me although it's only a band-aid solution. There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. Lucozade is another thing we…
Fresh ginger for the nausea, ibuprofen for the headache, lots of water for rehydration. Fresh ginger is amazing.
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#37Anyone have their own cure for a hangover the following day after drinking heavily? My usual go-to is a 'Full English Breakfast' that has all the trimmings and it replaces lost electrolytes in my system and 'cures' me although it's only a band-aid solution. There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. Lucozade is another thing we…
> There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison.
This is the only real answer, sounds like you have a good understanding of the situation.
Everything else (heavy breakfast, electrolytes) is distraction and mental-comfort from the real problem (which is the metabolization of poison).
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#38Having given up drinking for two years now, I can say with certainty that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Everything is better. I won't bore you with details, but absolutely every facet of my quality of life has improved. Never touching the stuff again.
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#39The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
> The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy I don't think any study really proved that a glass of beer a month would do anything to your life expectancy no?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
For populations between 15–39 years old, the theoretical minimum risk capped at 0.603 standard drinks per day.
So a "safe" amount of alcohol for the majority drinking population is less than one standard drink per day
For populations over 40 years old, the theoretical minimum risk is capped at 1.87 drinks per day
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#40Honestly, one bottle of beer turns me from a chronically melancholic and outright boring person, to a functioning, social human being. So, I call BS.
>Honestly, one bottle of beer turns me from a chronically melancholic and outright boring person, to a functioning, social human being. >So, I call BS. You , not others. You , who is but one single data point in a vast sea of data points.
Many of the comments here are making universal claims “for our species”, pointing out this isn’t the case “for me” is a reasonable refutation that doesn’t require belaboring the point that it is for the person.