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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
Can I ask which part of Europe you come from?
YOu sound like all those people in my country who forced Slivowitz on me with "It's MEDICINE" (it might be medicine in small dose. Not in ten shots, lol). With time I learned to like the taste of Slivowitz, not to be social outcast (since refusing drink in the Slavic Europe/vodka belt is horrible horrible social faux paux apparently).
That be said, I love my booze and I metabolize it well (and can outdrink many... muhahhahaha). Maybe not good for me, but eh, Venus wants to have fun sometimes and drink after hard day.
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American large-scale research agrees that alcohol in moderation is beneficial. It is not just French data if that is what you are asking about. I grew up without alcohol, largely. It is more of a rational decision for me to drink wine, given that I like it well... OK... it is passable, and the benefits are overwhelming. But I take the therapeutic dose for women - one glass of wine a day. I do not go over it. I also decided to do it because I am going to start dating, which means restaurants and of course, wine, and when I am in someone's company I never ever refuse a drink because I have this irrational paranoia
that if I say no to alcohol, the person I am with will conclude that I am on psychiatric drugs and I have no intention to disclose either the dx or being on drugs. So I figured - it I am going to drink wine on weekends on dates anyway, why not do it every day? Tonight I have a guest for dinner who is bringing take-out food and I will buy Cotes-du-Rhone - do you know this wine from France by any chance? I like it very much. If you have not tried it, I recommend it.
Vodka is good for you, but in small doses - one shot a night. Being a woman sucks in THAT regard: for men, the therapeutic dose is 2-3 shots a night. It is because our bodies metabolize alcohol differently. That is OK, I still like being a woman