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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t drink anymore, but I don’t care if others do (obviously I care about people who choose to drive drunk-that’s immoral). Why start this thread op? Why do you keep bashing the people who are answering your question?

What happened in your childhood? I feel like there’s something more to your story than just not getting people…[/quote]

I don't drink anymore and mostly don't care about whether other people do, but with the new research on cancer and with some of what we've witnessed with older adult drinking post-COVID, it's kind of starting to fall into the category of why we care about other people smoking—it has a public health aspect, if only because it's costing the healthcare system and it has some pretty dire consequences in terms of drunk driving, domestic abuse, divorce... it's cool if you want to be a booze hound, but your kid's sad childhood sucks and when they grow up to a demented adult, we all have to deal with them.[/quote]
Oh yeah. I can feel the “care” for others dripping from your post.  :roll: [/quote]

Yeah===drinking is nothing like smoking.  It literally can have NO impact on others.  We don't drink and drive, we walk or take an Uber or have a designated driver.  There is no such thing as "2nd hand alcohol" unless someone is pregnant.  And the slight risk of increased cancer from me having a glass of wine with dinner 4-5 times per week is nothing compared to 60% of the country who are overweight and/or obese, who smoke (much more dangerous in so many ways), who eat processed crap (I eat a whole food diet, anti-inflammatory diet,  largely avoid sugars and most carbs except fruits and veggies, etc.  I get 10-15K steps daily, with other workouts added in, I breastfeed each of my 3 kids for over 2 years, didn't take hormonal BC for very long (as I had nasty side effects), and so much more.  I am normal weight and always have been (other than 12-18 months post pregnancies).

So sure, me having a few drinks each week might "raise my cancer risk" slightly but everything else I do largely puts me in the Top 20% of healthy people.  [/quote]

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