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It is a weird line in the sand that many people draw. If I had two drinks alone every night I would see that as more troubling than having three drinks with friends every night.

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Both can be an issue if you find you can't do without the drinks.

It’s an issue regardless because alcohol gives you cancer. It doesn’t matter if you stick bellow the amount that causes acute health issues. If you are having 2 drinks every night your cancer risk is higher than someone who has a lot more but only on occasion because their total drinks consumed is less.

It's his body. He can get cancer however he pleases.

One day the things that I do with my body and mind will not be subject to capital’s desire to milk as much money as possible out of me through sheer longevity.

Seriously, the moralizing of life expectancy makes no sense. Let us each optimize for our own idea of a good life.

The NHS recommendation is 14 units per week max, over the course of at least 3 days (don't consume the entire budget in a single day or occasion). A pint from a weaker beer counts as 2 units while a stronger one costs 3.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/calculating-alco...

How is that weird? Socialization is generally healthy, which is why there's less of a stigma. It's not like the average alone drinker is doing pushups while shooting whiskey.

Not sure about what they actually mean but as a teetotaler (I didn't know it even had a name, just found out not long ago) I find it absolutely weird that alcohol is needed to socialize.

I find it's especially needed for socializing with drunk people.

You see more unhealthy drinking as less stigmatizing because it's associated with a "generally healthy" activity. That's weird.

It'd be like saying eating two burgers with lettuce and tomato is healthier than one without.

Who is comparing 2 burgers to 1 burger.

My original post compared three drinks to two, and it's a similar unhealthy practice many people engage in.

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