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I stopped drinking for a while and then started again. "Going sober" makes it sound like an ordeal involving Alcoholics Anonymous and significant lifestyle chan
by strken 2y ago
I stopped drinking for a while and then started again. "Going sober" makes it sound like an ordeal involving Alcoholics Anonymous and significant lifestyle change, but I was originally drinking less than once a week anyway.
Personally I think the debate about whether there's a healthy level of drinking is pointless when all the evidence suggests the risk scales linearly. My grandfather would have one drink at weddings and one drink at Christmas. As far as I can tell, the difference in life expectancy and general health between two drinks versus zero drinks per year is negligible.
- ak_111 2y agoI think the argument against moderate drinking, and it is not a particularly strong one, is that is hard to remain moderate, not that moderate drinking per se is dangerous. I think your grandfather would be deemed a teetotaler by today's standard. "moderate drinking" today is considered having a few glass of wines per week and you need really good discipline not to go from there to less moderate drinking.