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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu)

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As someone who enjoys drinking alcohol: there's no beneficial or harmless amount of alcohol.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah I'm sober a year now due to drinking myself into severe heart failure (ejection fraction of 17%, up to 47% now) and this is correct. If you can enjoy it great, but the second people start making excuses it's over, it's just a matter of how long the slide takes.