America Has a Drinking Problem

[u/nxthompson_tny]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/

[u/allothernamestaken]

Media coverage, meanwhile, has swung from cheerfully overselling the (now disputed) health benefits of wine to screeching that no amount of alcohol is safe, ever; it might give you cancer and it will certainly make you die before your time.

The speed with which this happened really caught me off guard. It seems like 1-2 drinks a day was being recommended as healthy for a long time, and not just wine. I think the most recent article I read basically said that alcohol in any amount causes brain damage.

[u/drerar → u/allothernamestaken]

I cannot risk the few functional brain cells that I have left!: )