The Ultimate "I Drink" Thread - Research Shows Drunks Outlive Abstainers

[MrG]

In honor of all the recent drink/drank/drunk threads, I present to you evidence that drinkers tend to outlive nondrinkers. New research has revealed that abstaining from alcohol increases one's risk of dying relative to both moderate and heavy drinkers!

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.

So I say "drink to your health," and "a double bourbon and water, please. I've got stuff to live for."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201433200

 

[kwilkinson]

I will finish this beer and open up another one. I toast to our health!

 

[Thomas]

Guess I oughtta stop by the beer store on the way home tonight. I got things to live for!

 

[acidboy]

no wonder I feel so alive when I drink

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by acidboy

no wonder I feel so alive when I drink

lol

 

[Thomas]

...

I'll drink to that.

(What, five responses and no one thought to say this?)

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by Thomas

...

I'll drink to that.

(What, five responses and no one thought to say this?)

It was obvious to me, I don't need science to confirm my beliefs.

 

[Rambo]

Who's going to be the first to distribute this study during an AA meeting?

 

[TheButler]

Urban legend has it that there was a cardinal lived to be well over a hundred. When asked the secret of his longevity he replied "It is because every day of my life I drank a bottle of red wine. Except when I was feeling under the weather..."

Then added, "On those days I drank two!"

 

[nootje]

just what I needed to hear

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by nootje

just what I needed to hear

Like you need an excuse

 

[nootje]

Originally Posted by Rambo

Like you need an excuse

I guess youre right.

This might however, negate that nagging feeling of guilt that comes along with the hangover

 

[Another New Yorker]

Originally Posted by nootje

I guess youre right.

This might however, negate that nagging feeling of guilt that comes along with the hangover

Take your medicine, no matter how bitter! It's good for you.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by Another New Yorker

Take your medicine, no matter how bitter! It's good for you.

Aren't you 17? A little young to be considering extending your life resorting to alcoholism, eh?