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> For certain, the elimination of all alcohol will help everyone achieve more in life. If this triggers you, consider you may have a drug problem.

Oh please. What a puritanical take. There is nothing wrong with the moderate consumption of alcohol - a glass of wine a week is hardly dependency.

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Unfortunately, theres been enough recent papers that indicate alcohol is a carcinogen that causes various types of cancers (colorectal, breast, liver, mouth, voice box, throat and esophageal). And evidently even small amounts raise this carcinogenic risk.

I'll still cook with red wine/meat sauces and white wine/seafood. But at least right now, am reconsidering any alcohol past 20%.

Just look up alcohol cancer risk. Tons of articles from reputable journals. Emotional or religious crap doesn't get me to accept. Science does, and it seems to corroborate. Even if you leave out US government sources for potential compromise of ethics, there are still a great deal of primary journal sources.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/most-americans-unaware-o...

Long story short: dont drink alcohol.

And yet it has also has a significant beneficial effect in the reduction the chance of developing cardiovascular disease.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28521683/

As in all things, informed moderation is the key.

This is due to primarily resveratrol, not alcohol. You can simply eat red grape skin or take supplements. Also, in these studies the amount of reservatorl used in vitro is at levels you would rarely see in human consumption.

If it’s a requirement, it is a dependency.

And if it's not a requirement, but simply something that is enjoyed? What utter tosh.

If one requires it to achieve enjoyment then it’s a dependency. It’s not a controversial or unusual thing. We got to be honest to ourselves.

I'm at the "whatever" stage of this thread. Gods luck with that.

A mentor once shared..

How do you know if you have a drug and alcohol problem?

1. Do you have problems in your life?

2. Do you use drugs or alcohol?

Turns out to be a pretty useful mental model.

Incorrect.

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