Booze

[DrLeftover]

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds

One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink actually tend to die sooner than those who do. The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is that many of those who show up as abstainers in such research are actually former hard-core drunks who had already incurred health problems associated with drinking.



But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/085992...lYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDaGVhdnlkcmlua2Vy

 

[Evil Eye]

I thought we already knew alcohol (in moderation) was better in the long run?

 

[DrLeftover]

It is.



But this study was talking about serious boozehounds.

 

[DrLeftover]

As further evidence in support of the imbibers amongst us....

The near-symbiotic bond between alcohol and athletics goes back thousands of years and their lengthy shared history has produced innumerable athletes who played hard and played harder.



Rotisserie-leaguers getting giddy off Corona Lights at backyard BBQs need not apply. Same goes for steroid mutants, who are free to flaunt their pumpkin-sized noggins elsewhere. We’re after old-school pros here. Athletes with the testicular fortitude to raise the roof tonight and perform with perfection tomorrow.



They are a dying breed.

http://www.drunkard.com/issues/55/55-all-star-alcoholics.html

 

[Raven]

You try telling that to some of my mums friends .... Oh wait, You can't they died to young.

 

[Rapunzel]

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds

But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.

Lol. It's obvious why boozehounds live longer. It's because their innards are totally pickled!