Posted on 08/30/2010 5:53:58 PM PDT by Flavius
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” (Proverbs 20:1)
“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1)
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor theives, nor revilers, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor exortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
I'm not religious but I wish I was. Religious people have many advantages in life. The power of unflappable optimism that comes from faith works. I respect religious people and their beliefs and would never make a disparaging remark about their gift of faith.
” Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy... “ Benjamin Franklin
I rather doubt this. A man I more or less grew up with, whom I’ve known for over 40 years, died recently at age 51. He’d been an alcoholic since his teens.
For these kinds of studies to have any meaning, the terms must be quantitated.
My paternal Grandmother died from drinking and smoking...
she was 93...
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/727277?src=cmemp&uac=30857AZ
Binge Drinking Heightens Death Risk After adjusting for total alcohol consumption, male heavy binge drinkers with grade 3 hypertension had a marked increased risk for cardiovascular mortality compared with nondrinkers with normal blood pressure.
In this study,
binge drinking was defined as having 6 or more alcoholic drinks on 1 occasion,”
heavy binge drinking was defined as 12 or more drinks on 1 occasion
Table 1. Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality
Alcohol Consumption Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Binge drinkers 4.41 (1.38 – 14.1)
Heavy binge drinkers 12.7 (3.47 – 46.5)
in Those With High Blood Pressure
Statistics not to be sneezed at...
Lots of Mormon women in Utah are addicted to drugs as they are all so uptight and ridden with guilt for not being perfect. If they would just have their doctors prescribe a few glasses of wine every night everything would be fine.
You should have been in Mount Carmel Utah this week. What a great time we had. Poured fifteen cases of wine and made at least three hundred Margaritas.
And not one problem with any of it. The winning artist donated his $3,000 prize money to the family of Brian Harris who is our neighbor just one hundred yards south of our place.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/25/3839
Binge Drinking and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Alcohol consumption may be linked to potential hazards among patients who survive acute MI. Although moderate intake has been associated with lower mortality, binge drinking, even among light drinkers, appears to be associated with 2-fold higher mortality.
Lay off the sauce...
This was a frequently used by Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin back in their heyday in Las Vegas (late 50's thru mid-60's). Tomorrow morning I'm going to wake up with a hangover. You abstainer types will wake up feeling fine; how I feel, as the day progresses, will only improve.
Sorry about your luck ...
It basicially says, that the mortality rate is highest for those who had never taken a drink, next highest was heavy drinkers and the lowest mortality rates were for low-to-moderate drinkers, defined as fewer than 3 drinks per day.
Headline: Study: Heavy Boozers Outlive Abstainers
Reality: Abstainers have better lives than heavy boozers.
That’s some scientific analysis right there.
The horse and mule live thirty years
And never know of wine and beers.
The goat and sheep at twenty die
Without a taste of scotch or rye.
The cow drinks water by the ton
And at eighteen is mostly done.
The dog at fifteen cashes in
Without the aid of rum or gin.
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for noggs and dies at ten.
But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men
Survive three-score years and ten.
And some of us, though mighty few
Stay pickled ‘til we’re ninety-two.
Hmmmmm....just had two glasses of white zinfandel. I am relaxed and ready for bed.
You’re the best, binger, the best!
You.....you....ACTUALLY..READ...THE...ARTICLE before replying?!?!?!?!
Maybe the apocalyptikooks actually are on to something, and the end times are nigh.
FR S.O.P. Is to only read the HEADLINE of a popular media article that is ITSELF simply a partial summary of a scientific paper, and then to make a wide range of extraordinarly disparaging comments about the study and the scientists who performed it (of course, guided entirely by whether you like the result of the study or not.)
The Bourbon killed my great aunt, she was only 104.
alcohol thins blood and slows calcification of arteries
a lot of heavy drinkers smoke too which negates this benefit of 4-5 drinks a day
Yeah, but I don't think the study added variables like drunk driving and homicidal behavior.
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