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No alcohol safe to drink, global study confirms
A large new global study published in the Lancet has confirmed previous research which has shown that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The researchers admit moderate drinking may protect against heart disease but found that the risk of cancer and other diseases outweighs these protections. A study author said its findings were the most significant to date because of the range of factors considered.
The Global Burden of Disease [open, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2] [DX] study looked at levels of alcohol use and its health effects in 195 countries, including the UK, between 1990 and 2016.
Analysing data from 15 to 95-year-olds, the researchers compared people who did not drink at all with those who had one alcoholic drink a day. They found that out of 100,000 non-drinkers, 914 would develop an alcohol-related health problem such as cancer or suffer an injury. But an extra four people would be affected if they drank one alcoholic drink a day. For people who had two alcoholic drinks a day, 63 more developed a condition within a year and for those who consumed five drinks every day, there was an increase of 338 people, who developed a health problem.
One of the study authors, Prof Sonia Saxena, a researcher at Imperial College London and a practising GP, said: "One drink a day does represent a small increased risk, but adjust that to the UK population as a whole and it represents a far bigger number, and most people are not drinking just one drink a day."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 26 2018, @01:24PM
Nope, don't miss it at all. I much appreciate being able to make decisions with a clear mind. Haven't had a hangover in over 25 years. A *large* part of getting and staying sober was making the realization that I *am* human and that I *do* make mistakes. That is not a character defect. I now have the tools to admit when I was wrong and to make amends for the harm I had done others. I have nothing from my past echoing in my head worrying that it might get found out. It has all been faced, addressed, and put to bed. The shame, remorse, and guilt is *gone*.
I once heard someone refer to that noise in my head as "boots in the dryer" just going on and on and on. I could drown it out for times by getting drunk, but the problems still remained. When I faced those problems and truly was able to put them behind me, it was like someone finally turned off the dryer. I could finally experience true Peace. Of. Mind.
Not only is life "good again", it is even gooder than it was before! =)
Booze 'worked' for a long time, until it didn't any more. It sounds like it is still 'working' for you. That's fine. Maybe it will continue to work for you. That's fine, too! If it ever stops working, though, I hope you remember this discussion and get help. I have attended too many funerals of people who were unable to seek and accept the help that is available.
P.S. Correction to my GP comment: Should have been phrased to state that I got to a point where: "When I enjoyed my drinking I could not control it, and when I controlled my drinking, I could not enjoy it."
P.P.S. tl;dr If it's still working for you, that's fine. Really! Good for you! But, if it ever stop working, there's help.