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These guidelines generally shift both ways over time, but anecdotally, I notice that "a few drinks a night" every night is a lot more harmful than occasionally
by vorpalhex 7y ago
These guidelines generally shift both ways over time, but anecdotally, I notice that "a few drinks a night" every night is a lot more harmful than occasionally having a few drinks at once with friends. The folks who go home and have a whiskey or two every single weeknight end up with a lot more repercussions.
- aswanson 7y agoThis is true from what I see among friends, anecdotally.
- empath75 7y agoI think it's often because "a couple of drinks a night" is more like "drinking yourself to sleep".
- alpaca128 7y agoI guess that applies to most things involving our bodies and minds. So many things from food to other health related things depend more on what we do consistently (almost) every day, aka as a habit. Eating a couple burgers at once doesn't really do much, just like a single long session at the gym. Of course there are exceptions, for example if a minor gets heavily drunk just once it dramatically increases the chance of alcoholism later in life as it affects the developing brain a lot more.