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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you’ll find a “safe” alcohol. Save imbibing for special occasions only.

Drunks typically love vodka because they think it’s odorless (can’t smell it on their breath) and since it’s clear and easily disguised as water or mixed with anything.

All alcohol will do some damage over time; it’s very dehydrating and does a number on your skin. Besides the extra calories, alcohol will affect your blood sugar levels, causing high and lows. Red wine stains your teeth.

[b]Alcohol is a depressant. Already a bit blue? Prepare to cry into your beer![/b]

Anyway, here’s to you! Enjoy!

- ACOA, living sober for 20 years by choice

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Please stop propagating this notion that alcohol is a depressant = alcohol makes you sad.

Sure, some people are sad weepy drunks, and alcohol abuse/addiction is often comorbid with mental health issues like depression. That’s not what it means for alcohol to be a depressant.

It’s a central nervous system depressant which means it slows down some functions of the brain which causes the slurred speech, etc. Benzos like Xanax and sedative-hypnotics like ambien are also depressants. Depressants are in contrast to stimulants like caffeine which increase CNS functions. [/quote]

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