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I'm glad we can keep it civil. I've been reading HN for a while but don't post often and only recently created an account. Medications are the domain of knowled

I'm glad we can keep it civil. I've been reading HN for a while but don't post often and only recently created an account. Medications are the domain of knowledge, so I try to contribute about that when I can. For better or worse, I don't know much about startups, erlang, emacs, or what have you, so I don't post in those sorts of discussions. Anyway, I'm glad we clarified things.

ZeroMinx 15y ago
Thank you both for your answers. What I was initially looking for was something to back up the claim "it takes a week to recover from a night of serious drinking.". Niels is arguing that this could be true for alcoholics with DT. While I wont argue that, I don't think the original statement was referring to alcoholics, but rather anyone who goes out for a night of serious drinking. I haven't seen any proof for the original statement. I'm not a doctor in any way, shape or form, but I would still like to argue the running point in Niels' second post, alcohol is a bad idea.. Overconsumption, yes, but that's true for almost anything. I don't think smaller amounts is a bad idea -- on the contrary. I recently heard a statement that the UK recommended limit (21 units per week) was just made up, and studies have shown that you're more likely to live longer if you drink around 40-50 units per week (somewhere after that number, the life expectancy starts dropping and goes below the life expectancy for people not drinking). I'm afraid I can't remember where I heard/saw it though, so I'll have to leave a [citation needed] for myself for the time being.
- niels_olson 15y ago
  There some thinking that this whole finding about a glass of red wine a day being associated with longer survival is probably due to profile of people who drink like that: they have a moderately active social life and have not-to-much stress in their lives. Which is probably far better for you than any amount of alcohol.
  - ZeroMinx 15y ago
    Then we get to causality; Are active, stress-free people more likely to have a drink with dinner, or is a drink with dinner helping to relieve stress? I quite enjoy having a drink after work, especially if it's been a lot of pressure during the day. It helps me relax, disconnect from the work situation. A couple of beers and non-work-related chat will take my mind off any stressful work I've been doing, which could otherwise carry on in my mind throughout the night.
daniel-cussen 15y ago
This is the least flamey / most civil disagreement I've seen on this forum in my 1000+ days on.
- ZeroMinx 15y ago
  Agreed, and I love the fact that we've got all kinds of knowledge on this forum. I want to thank brian and niels again for their input.
  - berntb 15y ago
    I have to post my agreement, because votes aren't shown -- I can't upvote you and let brian/niels see it. :-)

ZeroMinx 15y ago

Thank you both for your answers. What I was initially looking for was something to back up the claim "it takes a week to recover from a night of serious drinking.". Niels is arguing that this could be true for alcoholics with DT. While I wont argue that, I don't think the original statement was referring to alcoholics, but rather anyone who goes out for a night of serious drinking. I haven't seen any proof for the original statement. I'm not a doctor in any way, shape or form, but I would still like to argue the running point in Niels' second post, alcohol is a bad idea.. Overconsumption, yes, but that's true for almost anything. I don't think smaller amounts is a bad idea -- on the contrary. I recently heard a statement that the UK recommended limit (21 units per week) was just made up, and studies have shown that you're more likely to live longer if you drink around 40-50 units per week (somewhere after that number, the life expectancy starts dropping and goes below the life expectancy for people not drinking). I'm afraid I can't remember where I heard/saw it though, so I'll have to leave a [citation needed] for myself for the time being.

niels_olson 15y ago
There some thinking that this whole finding about a glass of red wine a day being associated with longer survival is probably due to profile of people who drink like that: they have a moderately active social life and have not-to-much stress in their lives. Which is probably far better for you than any amount of alcohol.
- ZeroMinx 15y ago
  Then we get to causality; Are active, stress-free people more likely to have a drink with dinner, or is a drink with dinner helping to relieve stress? I quite enjoy having a drink after work, especially if it's been a lot of pressure during the day. It helps me relax, disconnect from the work situation. A couple of beers and non-work-related chat will take my mind off any stressful work I've been doing, which could otherwise carry on in my mind throughout the night.

daniel-cussen 15y ago

This is the least flamey / most civil disagreement I've seen on this forum in my 1000+ days on.

ZeroMinx 15y ago
Agreed, and I love the fact that we've got all kinds of knowledge on this forum. I want to thank brian and niels again for their input.
- berntb 15y ago
  I have to post my agreement, because votes aren't shown -- I can't upvote you and let brian/niels see it. :-)