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As a casual drinker, I so much appreciate more people refusing alcohol (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always hated how alcohol commercials play up like a cool beer is the best thing in the world, or a glass of whiskey is what will put hair on your chest. It's a disgusting narrative that ruins people's lives.

On social media, there's a huge variety of it. People posting how they were sober on NYE. Folks sharing before/after as they've gone cold turkey. I see people share tips of what type of mocktails to get at bars, and alternatives to having a fun night over getting drunk.

I appreciate that.

And this is not bashing alcohol. Moderation in everything.

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[–] shalafi 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ex-wife was an RN and not prone to magical thinking. Chiropractor fixed her shit in 6 weeks, told her she was done, don't come back. She was and she didn't. It was honestly amazing.

So yeah, I won't lump them all in with the modern alchemists, but OTOH, they should have been self-regulating if they wanted to be taken more seriously.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just feel like... If you believe in science, and want to actually help people, you become a physiotherapist or an orthopedist or something. You know, real medicine.

Like, was there something that specific chiropractor did that they would not have been able to do if they had become a physiotherapist instead? I feel like there is a Venn diagram here, where the shit that chiropractors do that actually works is entirely overlapped with some other form of actual doctor.