OT Sobriety and health

[tlongII]

Scrip club?

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrip club

 

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scrip club

I've met you, you're too white the use Urban anything.

 

[MARIS61]

I love spirits, brandy, scotch and irish whiskey, rye whiskey ….this is not a thread about the evils of alcohol, this is about a personal change in my life....I'm 64 now and many people in my age group are kicking the bucket from health issues...I did an experiment and am amazed at the results....I started feeling fatigue, lacked energy in the morning hours, found myself wasting many evenings with another brandy on the rocks...then liver spots started showing up on my hands, cheeks, etc....I read that many recent deaths such as the pop star George Michael were related to enlarged livers and fatty tissue surrounding them. I've been alcohol free for 4 months and all the spots are gone....completely. I've lost three quarters of my spare tire...sleep really well and wake up with the birds...by 10 am I have already done a lot of things around the property...when drinking I would not get started on those things until about 10 am.....I'm not an alcoholic....never drank during the day or got the shakes when I didn't drink...irish genes I guess....but I'm finding that it was an enabler for a less than energetic life....also would lead to more snacking, whatever....the results at my age have been quite remarkable...wife sees a big difference and people I know ask how I've gotten suddenly younger looking.....I have no big agenda about being sober but just thought I'd share this experience here...I am mostly retired and my new part time schedule allows me to be home every evening...before two days a week I couldn't partake at all....I noticed I was escalating my consumption....I recommend the liver flush..

Congrats!

Alcoholism has sent some of my dearest friends to the grave decades early, and others into literal madness.

I was born with the gift of super low tolerance to alcohol. I get buzzed off 1 drink or a couple beers. 2 stiff drinks or a sixpack will give me a hangover, so I never developed an urge (or even the ability) to drink much.

Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, strigger lockshortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.

But hey, trigger locks and gun confiscation...

 

[MARIS61]

In dog years.

 

[Lanny]

Fortunately I haven't had tonsils since I was a little kid

I was gonna have my tonsils removed in my late teens. Glad I didn't, now. It seems they do have a function.

 

[crandc]

Still have tonsils, appendix, and wisdom teeth. Only two wisdom teeth ever descended so I guess I'm half wise.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I've met you, you're too white the use Urban anything.

 

[Lanny]

Still have tonsils, appendix, and wisdom teeth. Only two wisdom teeth ever descended so I guess I'm half wise.

Me too. I guess I'm also kind of a half wit.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I've met you, you're too white the use Urban anything.

Uhhhhh......nope.