Posted by desolationrower on February 16, 2009, at 3:07:40
In reply to Re: alcohol, posted by Connor on February 2, 2009, at 23:44:38
well i have a pint sometimes. alcohol doesn't really do much to me mentally. getting pissed can be fun, but its too much work the next day. in 2-3 drink/day levels, it has positive effects on some blood lipid levels, and some positives and negatives on brain health. most of the bad stuff can be reduced quite a lot, except for some slight increase in cancer risk, not much to do to prevent that. generally you want to avoid dehydration with some osmolytes, magnesium and b-vitamin depletion (actually memantine would probably be even better for the rebound hyperglutamatergic damage), and take some lithium (and a liver protectant if you drink most every day: coffee and lecithin are cheap and effective), and getting hammered is not much harm. some NAC too. probably sleep disruption is the biggest problem. cannabis is a lot safer though, although like everything in life can have some harm. i could post links to studies showing how spinich is bad for you too (not to mention there is a large taxpayer funded pool of money for researchers who will publish studies abotu how bad those evil drugs are). i never noticed alcohol reducing anxiety levels or anything, but when i'm really shitfaced i'll not be able to remember hte start of my sentences so i'll say lots of funny stuff. mostly whisky and ale is just really tasty.
"The problem is life isnt about getting fuc*ed up all the time. You have to be able to go through pains and realize you can't be perfect. You can't just avoid feelings and run all the time. Hey I escape too, but I don't get fuc*ed up."
^this i disagree with: life isn't 'about' anythign, exept what you decide to make it about. ganga is a lot less harmful than tv is.
-d/r
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