“People who drank heavily had the highest risk. However, the team also found that light to moderate drinkers tended to have healthier lifestyles than abstainers -- such as more physical activity and vegetable intake, and less smoking.” That’s surprising if you think abstainers are vegan fitness freaks stereotype, less surprising if it’s actually pretentious stoner stereotype. Low to moderate alcohol points to being in control and reasonable, no alcohol points to substitution. There’s also a funny thing where the pretentious stoner decides smoking is bad and moves onto nangs.

“… analyses also revealed substantial differences in cardiovascular risk across the spectrum of alcohol consumption … minimal increases in risk when going from zero to seven drinks per week, much higher risk increases when progressing from seven to 14 drinks per week, and especially high risk when consuming 21 or more drinks per week… findings suggest a rise in cardiovascular risk even at levels deemed "low risk"… (of one or two drinks per day)” So one to two every day puts you in 7-14 per week which is moderate. So it becomes 1-2 a day is fine but that doesn’t literally mean do it 365 days a year. Orrrrr that one party a week of 7 drinks is the way to go!

Are we also talking about heart disease and drug use? Heart disease and coping? Heart disease and quality of life? Because it seems like we are in that although alcohol bad, somehow alcohol good, or rather alcohol not as bad as not alcohol?

There’s an episode of doctor House where a guy slams cough medicine and vodka to make himself dumber and he proclaims it’s worth it even at the cost of his health.

Doctor House also mentions type a and type b personality, type a being a big risk of heart disease from being (angrily passionate) all the time. Is wiping yourself out, or a 7 drink party once a week, like a form of psychiatric sleep? Be a dumbass for a bit every now and then and your heart won’t explode? Pick something to allow you to belly laugh and not worry for a bit?