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> One beer?

Actually, yes. If you are someone who only drinks one beer, then your low tolerance means even that single drink will leave you leaving crummy afterwards. Not a full-on "oh dear god please don't mention eggs around me" crummy, but just groggy, headache-y, and so on.

This is me. I only ever drank maybe a glass of wine or one beer every couple of months, and finally realized it was easier just dropping down to effectively zero.

> I wish, a lot of books that ive read were mostly waste of time

Hear, hear! People fetishize books way too much. Most are, indeed, crap.

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> your low tolerance means even that single drink will leave you leaving crummy afterwards.

That's not true. As long as you compensate with a bit of water, and you drink quality spirits rather than shit, one or two drinks are absolutely fine even for the low-volume drinker.

Source: am one.

What makes a real difference is that, if you're super-fit and super-lean, your body will struggle harder to deal with alcohol, so you will have to over-compensate by drinking a lot of extra water (and hence piss more).

Agreed mostly. Put other stuff -- mostly water, but some food -- in your stomach, and be aware of the volume and ABV of your one drink, and you can be fine.

Source: I occasionally drink, but it's rare enough that doctors' offices tell me to answer "No" to that question.

Folks, you really cannot even imagine one enjoying THE BEER, right? Its refreshing bitterness and the aroma hops in it and the beautiful refracting light in the pint? If people drink to get trashed and forget about life issues, that's one thing. But if other people drink that one beer because they enjoy it, and are not getting even a tinge from it (as probably nobody with a healthy liver should), then in which category should they belong? Do I drink regularly? Yes I do. Do I ever get drunk, or even dizzy? Never, thank you. Of course one can still say alcohol is unhealthy, as some newer studies suggest, but I still don't buy the drunkness argument (and I drink just as happily an alcohol-free beer but there are like only 2 worth sampling). That's why I don't understand your point "it was easier dropping down to effectively zero" - easier for what/who? Did you get nausea from one glass? I would definitely visit a doctor if that happened to me, because it looks like giving up alcohol was just getting rid of the side effects of something there.

> That's why I don't understand your point "it was easier dropping down to effectively zero" - easier for what/who?

The "for who" was "for me". The "for what" is what I said: any amount leaves me a bit groggy or sleepy afterwards. My theory is that because I rarely drink, it's a mild system shock each time I do. Maybe that's not it, and my body simply doesn't handle alcohol. At any rate, the tradeoff of that great wine with my steak making me want to take a nap the next two hours, I decided it wasn't worth it.

Sturgeon's law, 90% of everything is crap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

One drink every couple of months is very different from say one drink every night or even one drink 2-3 times a week which is usually what I picture as the typical "one drink" person.

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