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I don't know enough about smoking or heroin to know whether they produce actual damage to your health, if done in small enough dosages. I guess 5 cigarettes pe
by virgilp 8y ago
I don't know enough about smoking or heroin to know whether they produce actual damage to your health, if done in small enough dosages. I guess 5 cigarettes per week (one per day) might not be that bad? But maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, smoking bothers others too (unlike drinking), and heroin is much more addictive (I suspect 5 doses a week would definitely end up hurting you).
By "not ok" I mean "actually harmful to your health". I don't buy the argument that "there is no safe dosage of alcohol", I've seen the claim but not actual evidence. AFAIK the liver is perfectly able to deal with small quantities of alcohol.
- sobernowadays 8y agoSpecialists are making that claim: the dangers start at the first glass. It's not a conspiracy theory. Google a bit and you can find a few decent studies. I'd also add that alcohol definitely bothers people, maybe not just you.
- virgilp 8y agoI did google, all I found were journalists making that claim, and no convincing data. See e.g. my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18824502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18824502 - about one of the papers that's cited here to make this claim.
- throwaway101022 8y ago> smoking bothers others too (unlike drinking) As the spouse of an alcoholic I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are. My spouse's drinking has driven me close to suicide on many occasions, left me mentally drained and likely had a similar effect on our children.