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Despite what I would like to be true, I know from experience that alcohol cannot possibly be healthy for me. Even with only 3 drinks, I feel slightly off the ne
by seibelj 11y ago
Despite what I would like to be true, I know from experience that alcohol cannot possibly be healthy for me. Even with only 3 drinks, I feel slightly off the next day, and if I binge and drink 6 to 10, I feel awful. Plus, my memory feels a little fuzzier for a bit too.
I love alcohol and I don't plan on abstaining. But I don't fool myself that it might be healthy for me. Drinking is a calculated decision, that I enjoy it more than the risks to my health.
- Zikes 11y agoYou're literally describing drunkenness and a hangover, both reasonably well-known effects of heavy alcohol consumption.
- gearoidoc 11y agoFantastic medical insight.
- Domenic_S 11y agoIf I run 15 miles tonight, my legs will be crazy sore tomorrow. I might not even be able to walk up stairs. That's why I don't fool myself into thinking running is good for me.
- loco5niner 11y agoIf I repeatedly bang my head against the wall, my head will be crazy sore tomorrow. I might not even be able to walk up stairs. That's why I don't fool myself into thinking banging my head against the wall is good for me.
- codyb 11y agoThis analogy doesn't really hold because if you run 15 miles tomorrow, get sore for three days, then run 15 miles when you're not sore again, you'll only be sore for 2.5 days, and then 2, 1.5, 1, and 0 or whatever. Where as with alcohol, you can never really strengthen your body against a hangover. And you certainly don't get stronger and healthier because of it.
- Kenji 11y ago>Where as with alcohol, you can never really strengthen your body against a hangover. Actually, you do. A sign of true alcoholism is that you stop having hangovers (if you could call that strenghten is another question). But that's just nitpicking, the running analogy is far-fetched in other ways.
- thornofmight 11y agoYeah, the hangovers move way down deeper, like into your soul.
- nucleardog 11y agoHonestly, that's the best way I've ever heard to describe it.
- powera 11y agoIs that true? Don't people who drink regularly build up alcohol tolerance? I concede that might not make you healthier, though.
- Domenic_S 11y agoYou absolutely can strengthen your body against a hangover; it's called alcohol tolerance and it works quite similarly to exercise! It's why a casual drinker will get drunk/hungover from a couple wine coolers and Grandpa Willie can down a 5th of Jack nightly and barely feel it. How something feels is not a reliable indicator of how good it is for you. Exercise often feels terrible, but is good for you. Pizza and chocolate often feels great, but is terrible for you.
- mreiland 11y agoIncorrect, the reason a casual drinker gets a hangover is because they don't know enough to keep themselves hydrated, whereas someone who is more experienced will absolutely keep that water by their bed throughout the night.