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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just found out that a friend of mine from.college died of alcohol use disorder last year. I send a holiday card to his parents' house every year and received a letter from his mother informing me of his death. He was early 40s. I'm not actually surprised given that he had serious problems with alcohol in college but it was still so horrible to learn. That shit is toxic![/quote]

Very sad. Also happened to a high school classmate of mine in his 40's. He had been a big athlete. Even so, his mom wouldn't let him or his brothers play football. This was the '80's. And my high school was one of the ones in Friday Night Lights. I always think of that. His mom tried so hard to protect him from what she perceived as a too dangerous activity and alcohol addiction took him.

Anyway, I read this yesterday and I thought it was really interesting - commentary on Dry January by a professor/author that wrote a book on the history of alcohol in society - mainly from a positive point of view:

[url]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/-dry-january-challenge-2023-drinking-meaning-benefits/672695/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20230111&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily[/url]

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