Posted on 09/26/2025 5:32:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Morons who pay any attention to ‘studies’ like this are already demented, so, what’s the problem?
You mean a drunk driver hit her?
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Ha!
I shudder to even think of it!
My MIL is 97, with poor hearing and macular degeneration. She drank like a fish in her younger years, and still has a nightly cocktail (just one) with her dinner. Her mind is pretty good for her age, though she is just now starting to repeat herself, so I think there’s no room left on her hard drive. (She remembers old stuff easily, but she might not be able to tell you what you just talked about.)
Oh, she gets around pretty well, too. Walks every day, though slowly for us. She uses a walking stick in her neighborhood, and that’s it. Takes a cane with her to the grocery store, but doesn’t use it at home.
She’s pretty impressive.
Same. For me, it was my dad. Never wanted to be like that. Luckily, I was/am so big that I never took much crap for not drinking, including high school and college.
“as well as genetic data for about 2.4 million people.”
Where did they get that?
The good news is I won’t remember how many drinks I had so keep ‘em coming.
As an aside. 4 weeks without a drop, which for me, is a lifetime.
/sarc
I used to work with a guy who was a heavy drinker. When he would get drunk he would start moaning “Oh, my poor liver!” over and over again. Wasn’t worried about brain cells apparently.
Well, I’m certainly headed for trouble, enjoy some Whistle Pig Rye whiskey from time to time.
One’s gut is essentially an anaerobic environment. The normal gut flora lives by fermentation. Ethanol is a product of one of the pathways. Even tea totallers produce, and their liver detoxifies, on the order of 2 oz ethanol per day. And there is no way to avoid this exposure.
The wife and I have been on the wagon for about 6 weeks. I really got into the habit of drinking bourbon during the Covid debacle.
No, Alzheimer’s.
I quit drinking over 30 years ago. Now I can’t even stand the smell of it.
I am also a teetotaler, never touch alcohol.
I can make a fool out of myself with chocolate anyway.
Let me have a cocktail while I consider this news....
The worst part of not drinking is I am not nearly as handsome or funny as I use to be...
I know for a fact everyone that drank milk has or will die!
Can I gt my grant funds now?
No it doesn’t. 🙄
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