In Canada, 7 drinks a week is considered heavy drinker, which describes 25% of the population.

Alcohol is a known carcinogen. It's estimated that 5% of US cancer diagnoses are alcohol-related. Having cancer does not make for a life worth living.

oh come now. living longer is a boon to capitalists because more labor can be extracted. won’t someone please think of the bourgeoisie?

Agreed. What is this even trying to tell us?

They study found men who had more than 6.5 drinks per week and women who had more than seven per week had greater than a 1-in-1,000 lifetime risk of dying from alcohol-related diseases or injuries.

Obviously, I'll die no matter what. This just says I've got 999 problems and alcohol ain't one of them.

PSA: alcohol free wine on the other side is still utterly undrinkable.

LPT: Feels good to switch to alcohol only 1-2 per week.

Just drink from the bottle, its 1 glass.

for better or worse I just become more stupid and eventually just fall asleep and then I'll probably stop breathing in my sleep and die and nobody knows where I even went and people will just ignore me because I look like a passed out homeless guy and once I'm rotting someone will get paid pennies to clean up the mess

But cops are still charging people with DUIs who never drink.

Side point, but the legally correct answer to "have you had anything to drink tonight?" is the same as the answers to "do you know how fast you were going?" and "where ya coming from?"

"I have been advised by counsel to exercise my fifth amendment rights during all encounters with law enforcement if my attorney is not present"

Of course, the diplomatic response is to answer the question. A cop that's pissed because they think their legal authority is being questioned is as bad as a dirty cop seeking a bribe. Both will do unethical things and skirt the letter of the law in a way that at best inconveniences their victim, and at worst gets them killed. Not sure where I was going with this, I'm a middle-aged white cis man that would fit in at any gun show, so I can get away with things others can't 🤷‍♂️

Yeah, but that last year or two will be rough

my father drank himself to death. He died maybe on the toilet, but his whole apartment was covered in piss, shit and blood, as he wandered around helplessly for however long his heart was failing. I didnt go in the bathroom, you couldnt, it was a massive bio hazard and where they found his corpse.

He was estranged from his family. He sat dead in that apartment for three days before someone called a wellness check.

super fun.