• sebb@lemmy.ml
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    The facts are alcohol doesn’t help anyone to survive shit. We know that it’s the opposite, it makes life of people that consume it more miserable.

    It instead accumulates together with the stress you experience within your life. It adds more stress, not removes it. Cancer is just one thing, but alcohol is very disrupting to your endocrine (hormones) system, mental health.

    What you’re doing is a form of denialism. That denialism comes precisely from what those labels are addressing. You’re being constantly exposed to the image of alcohol as something to enjoy, a pleasure, relief. It’s constantly reinforced by movies, TV shows, media, advertisements.

    It’s not about knowledge. It’s about exposure. If you’re constantly exposed to an image of alcohol as a positive thing in your life then you will deny it’s impact despite the facts, science, and knowledge

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      The facts are alcohol doesn’t help anyone to survive shit

      Hard disagree… I did it just last night.

      Not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic.

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        Not all problems from alcohol come from alcoholism.

        There was a thought process that alcohol could apply some health benefits below a certain consumption level.

        It has been now accepted that there is no “safe” amount of alcohol.

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            Alcohol did help people survive in the past.

            Beer was a very common way to create a potable water source in the past and provided calories that could be preserved over time.

            Nowadays, the use of alcohol as a preservative isn’t necessary. A reevaluation of alcohol in all its forms in the modern context shows that it causes a net harm to health, even at low volumes.