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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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[–] SleepyTeddybear@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago

As a nurse, yeah no, you can't really compare those. Water is essential for the human body. Alcohol has no benefits for the human body, quite the opposite.

As far as I know, medicine came to the conclusion that there is no amount higher than 0 that won't harm your body.