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Before anyone decides to drink alcohol as if it were a supplement hear me out. Alcohol in every continent has a rich social element to sharing it. It could ver
by xutopia 5y ago
Before anyone decides to drink alcohol as if it were a supplement hear me out.
Alcohol in every continent has a rich social element to sharing it. It could very well be that the fabric of society around which revolves alcohol consumption determines these benefits more so than the alcohol consumption itself.
It might well be that regularly seeing friends, a ritual as ancient as humanity itself, could be responsible for these healing effects. Friends are good for you!
- endisneigh 5y agoDisclaimer: I've never drank. I don't understand this tho - why is alcohol talked about as if not drinking prevents you from hanging with friends? I don't drink and regularly see my friends who do while they're drinking. I usually just get a virgin seltzer at bars personally. Are there people incapable of socializing without drinking?
- Sebb767 5y agoA lot of social gatherings involve drinking, especially in the earlier parts of your life (like college). If you have the right friend group and/or are more of a social butterfly, you can get by without drinking, but it definitely helps a lot with bonding.
- Jtsummers 5y agoI do drink now, but spent my 20s as the official DD of every group I was with and went out with them quite often. Not drinking does not, as a rule, prevent hanging out with friends. However, in alcohol heavy situations, it can be off putting for a lot of people to remain sober. It’s hard to be part of the group above a certain drunkenness level if you’re still sober. Not impossible, but hard.
- fighterpilot 5y agoYou're missing the point, which is that alcohol use is positively correlated with the tendency to see friends socially, which could explain the finding being reported here. Nobody is saying that it's an iron clad relationship and not drinking is preventing you from seeing friends.
- Godel_unicode 5y ago> alcohol use is positively correlated with the tendency to see friends socially Is there evidence for this, or is this just a gut feeling? I don't see my non-drinking friends less than my drinking ones. I had plenty of college friends who didn't drink and took great pleasure in messing with their inebriated classmates.
- tomrod 5y agoIt's an alternative hypothesis that aligns with current evidence, hence the discord.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoI have seen no evidence posted that corroborates this hypothesis. It's also pretty clearly not stated as a hypothesis, but rather as a fact which the upstream poster is "missing".
- tomrod 5y agoAppearances aside, until evidence or logic aligns beyond refutation, all assertions are simply hypotheses.
- TameAntelope 5y agoI can tell you from experience that the drinking friends did not look upon the non-drinking friends as fondly in all cases.
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- Something1234 5y agoIt's social lubricant. It helps to make things less awkward.
- tomrod 5y agoI went to the age of 35 without drinking (formerly part of a high-demand religion). I can say from experience that social bonding feels a bit stronger with light inebriation.
- toofy 5y ago> … why is alcohol talked about as if not drinking prevents you from hanging with friends? I don’t think anyone is saying this at all.
- leephillips 5y agoI wouldn’t say I’m incapable of it, but, to quote Hemingway, “I drink to make other people more interesting.”
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoWhen I'm with my friends, I can have a great time without alcohol. When I'm with my workmates and in similar scenarios, it helps to make this semi-forced situation a bit more pleasant.