Just a reminder...this has nothing to do whether you get buzz with certain alcoholic drinks. It is about DOSE-dependent effect from alcohol itself over the long haul.

“Alcohol's effects were dose-dependent, with negative effects emerging with 7–14 units per week (14 units are equivalent to 4 pints of strong beer or 5 large glasses of wine). Light drinking (1–7 units/week) didn't have a protective effect.”

Everything in life has trade-offs. So, drink responsibly and know your priorities.

I don’t often agree with your posts, but I see now that you do really care about people and their wellbeing. I love drinking alcoholic drinks and being buzzed. My dad is sick and drinking most his life didn’t help. I’m in the process of stopping now due to the negative health (physical/mental) impacts I see in my crystal ball. The data is compelling. Some can drink easy, no issues. Others have a much more difficult experience and even destructive behavior. Here’s to everyone finding their own balance. Thanks man.

Hopefully the person who was hired to do the data entry for the self assessment questionnaires has been slowing down on those evening boilermakers...

No problem. In the past, one can argue that drinking wine is heart healthy. But with recent (and compelling) data from several studies, that argument goes out the door.

The problem is that for people who can “tolerate” alcohol, they don’t see the bad effects until later in life (and thus too late to fix). And at that point, it is not just them suffering, but the people/family around them that must deal with it.

(BTW, all this drinking is what makes for great job security for medical professionals and nursing homes! )

Coffee?

Finally Good news: Coffee

I've tried to drink and like coffee. After all, it's what the grownups do, right? Short of a starbucks frappuccino or coffee stouts, I hate it. Then again, I don't like drinking any hot beverages. I wish Diet Coke was healthy as that is my primary beverage, sad to say.

Me too! I used to hate coffee. But over past year, i slowly force myself to drink black instead of sweet tea or “sweeten the crap out of it” coffee. Now, i drink black coffee, 1-2 cups a day. I avoid sodas of any kind, even though i do cheat on that occasionally.

I do not drink any soft drinks like coke /Pepsi . chemical will kill you, eat at your pancreas.. diet soda has bad chemicals ..

the trumpster drinks a case of this crap a day , so he is not a genius .

rather than soda I drink carbonated flavored water ..

Bad habits do not always equal poor intelligence.

Yep. I know. More of a commentary on how I think it's interesting that different types of alcohol can have different effects on different individuals.

But in my case you'll make an exception I'm guessing .... Poke poke.... Poke

You miss the joke, didn’t you? That went right over your head...again.

FYI:

Report Recommends Lowering Threshold for Drunk Driving
By the Editors

To combat drunk driving, a panel from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is recommending that states lower the threshold for what is considered alcohol-impaired driving from 0.08% to 0.05% blood alcohol concentration.

The panel found that a person's ability to operate a vehicle begins to deteriorate before BAC reaches 0.08%.

Women over 120 pounds could reach the 0.05% threshold after about two drinks, the Associated Press reports. For men, the limit could be two to three drinks, depending on weight and other factors.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report (One-time registration required)

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine news release (Free)

Demonstrates what's been anecdotally known for decades that frequent drinkers (read not necessarily alcoholics) have decreased cortical volume for their age group. There's probably decreased activity on functional/metabolic scans as well.

Excessive drinking and early dementia: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...udy/index.html