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Just Realized Something

by thunderbird
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I never had a drinking problem, and never deliberately quit drinking, but I haven't actually had an alcoholic beverage since my wife's pregnancy and the birth of our baby who is five-months-old now. That is over a year without drinking. However, I make up for it by consuming lots and lots of coffee.
  • Profile picture of the author Gary Pettit
    Well in honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day," perhaps you should sail with the Captain.
    Seriously, though, good for you. Can you feel an overall difference in your health?
    One note: A recent longitudinal study on longevity found that people who consume only 1 drink or less per day have a higher incidence of heart disease and shorter longevity than even heavy drinkers. Not advice to be a heavy drinker, of course (that presents many problems of its own), but there is health in the grape, it appears.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    I don't feel any difference at all. Yeah, I've seen the news about the apparent benefits of drinking alcoholic beverages.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      I quit drinking alcohol around 20 years ago.
      Both my father and brother would of been considered alcoholics by today's standards. My biggest problem with drinking was I didn't like it.
      I tried like hell to be a drunk at one time drinking a qt. of JD a night.
      But I finally just said the hell with it and quit, with no withdrawal or other problems.
      I still have a drink on occasion (I do like Irish Cream), but a couple of small glasses of booze puts me out.
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