Giving up/ Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 16

GlendaSugarbean

Sorry, that should have been to Karen not Rosy!

GlendaSugarbean

And look what just popped up in my email! It's the NY Times, which is technically subscription but will let you read a certain number of free articles per month. Reflection on scientific studies re: alcohol benefits:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/magazine/how-much-alcohol-can-you-drink-safe-health.html?em_pos=medium&ref=headline&nl_art=3&te=1&nl=magazine&emc=edit_ma_20190517

Honey_Bear

Thank you Maman, it was utterly exhausting and I still haven't recovered. The Americans are here for two and a half weeks and are all lovely, and OH is now back. Things will setttle back down but in the meantime I'm taking everything very slowly.

Very interesting NYT article, Glenda. The contextualisation of the Lancet paper is extremely helpful, and for those that can't access it the crux of it seems to be:

So, theoretically, if you are a daily drinker who survives the increased risk of accidents or cancers that are more likely to strike young to middle-aged people, by 80, when heart disease becomes a major cause of death, your moderate drinking could prolong your life. Then again, it might be your innate biological resilience that kept you healthy enough to drink. The data still can’t say.

19/31 please, Shaggy.

cathybird

Morning all, 16/21 for me today thanks.

arsenalbarnie

Gosh Honeybear what a time you have been having. Years ago we had a stray Tom cat get in our house. Left fleas and sprayed everywhere. Total nightmare. Hope Layla is ok. What does the heart murmur mean? Is she going to be prone to fainting?

Have been really fed up since I got back from hols. My hormones seem to be all over the place and I feel very down. Am going to try extra hard this week to see if not drinking will perk me up.

On that note am Shaggy can I do the snc/5 and calling in early tonight for 5/16

Season_of_Mist

19/31 as of today thank you.

Well done on treating that stray with kindness, HB. If you’ve ‘escape-proofed’ your garden though and the stray got in somehow, there must logically be a way out for your cats as well?

Barny1979

13/25 for yesterday and 14/25 for today

maman

Glad things are picking up on the home front HB. Wow! Those guests are staying a long time.:)

GlendaSugarbean wrote: »

Plus I'd soon slip into drinking a little more until I was back into my old habits.

That's why having AF days works best for me too Glenda. I'm sure counting units works for some but I know I'd soon slip. It works for my DH. I can tell (from the recycling:D) that we drink similar amounts per week but he prefers a few (tiny ) glasses each evening whereas I prefer to have a few drinking days and (ideally more) AF days a week.


I was out last night and driving myself so had one of my rare AF Saturdays.


9/10 AFDs please Shaggy

shaggydoo

HB that sounds exhausting!


Hope things are back to normal soon....

shaggydoo

Green Karen 5/5
Maggie 5/5
Maman 4/4
Mara 5/5
Shaggy 4/4
WBF 2/4