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New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

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Re: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

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Jim Koch, founder and brewer of Sam Adams, says that he mixes a teaspoon of bakers yeast (not sure which) and yogurt to break down the alcohol before it hits the bloodstream and has been doing it for years if not decades. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/10/327854051/al...

Hypothetically, if the yeast could work fast enough(I'm 99% sure it can't unless he's leaving the mixture in a sealed container for a few months before drinking it) wouldn't this result in straight vinegar

Re: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

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> This is such unhelpful, unsympathetic advice. I think writing this advice off as unhelpful is actually more harmful than offering it in the first place. I think this is very real and very helpful advice. Is it hard to follow? Speaking from experience: absolutely. Self-control is like a muscle: exercise it frequently, and it gets stronger. It also gets tired and needs rest, and it atrophies with disuse. And like exe…

> Self-control is like a muscle: exercise it frequently, and it gets stronger. It also gets tired and needs rest, and it atrophies with disuse. Addiction is not a matter of self-control.

Few things are. The world would be a better place if people would try to help each other more.

Re: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This is such unhelpful, unsympathetic advice. I think writing this advice off as unhelpful is actually more harmful than offering it in the first place. I think this is very real and very helpful advice. Is it hard to follow? Speaking from experience: absolutely. Self-control is like a muscle: exercise it frequently, and it gets stronger. It also gets tired and needs rest, and it atrophies with disuse. And like exe…

> Self-control is like a muscle: exercise it frequently, and it gets stronger. It also gets tired and needs rest, and it atrophies with disuse. Addiction is not a matter of self-control.

It's 100% a matter of self-control.

Re: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

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Have you ever struggled with addiction (food, drink, drugs, media, games, sleep, porn etc.)? I can't provide a study, but anecdotally I suspect nearly everyone does. > Show some discipline and restraint This is such unhelpful, unsympathetic advice.

This reminds me so much of the advice people give folks with adhd, just get organized, use a calendar, use a pomodoro timer. If that stuff worked for me I wouldn't have adhd.

If exercising restraint worked no one would have alcoholism. It's not a moral failing, it's a physical condition.

Re: New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

#129

Spy and drink competition ringer toolkit. Back it up with ~25 year old hangover prophylaxis (2 before + 2 with ea drink) https://www.ru21.com/ .

Holy shit, four aspirins with every drink? How much do you hate your liver?

It's not aspirin. That would be toxic and fucking stupid. It's a mix of vitamins and amino acids.
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