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Easy way to find out - get a liver test from your GP. Either way, excessive alcohol consumption is bad for you regardless: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/the-risks-of-drinking-too-much/
I don't drink to get drunk. I drink to take the edge of.
Sure alcohol consumption is bad for me. You know what's also bad? My mind without the edge taken off.
You just gotta do what you do to get through this life. There's a billion things out there that are trying to kill you. If a couple of beers and some wine get me through not thinking about that, then I'll take my chances.
If you wanna see my blood pressure go dangerously up, you should check me out without the edge taken off.
Your life mate, you do you. All I'll say is that if your life is that bad now consider how much worse it'll be with chronic liver failure or diabetes.
My life isn't bad. In fact it's quite good. All I'm saying is that there's something fucky with this story. Maybe there are other factors. It's like someone who gets sick from eating nothing but McDonalds and then blames it all on meat consumption.
Think about it. 31 year old "BBC journalist" and "social drinker" has fucked her liver because she does nothing that extraordinary. Yeah, fucking right! Bullshit. She's either a raging pisshead, a bullshitter, or has some underlying health condition that is not fitting into the agenda. Where's my headline? "54 year old man drinks heavily for most of his life and is not overweight, does not have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease or any signs of liver damage, feels pretty damn good and says alcohol has made him a better person."
Needing alcohol to get through life is like the #1 red flag for alcoholism
I don't need it. It's a lifestyle choice. Some people choose Jesus which, in my opinion, is equally, if not more toxic.