• mortimer@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      I don’t drink to get drunk. I drink to take the edge of.

      Sure alcohol consumption is bad for me. You know what’s also bad? My mind without the edge taken off.

      You just gotta do what you do to get through this life. There’s a billion things out there that are trying to kill you. If a couple of beers and some wine get me through not thinking about that, then I’ll take my chances.

      If you wanna see my blood pressure go dangerously up, you should check me out without the edge taken off.

      • YungOnions@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 month ago

        Your life mate, you do you. All I’ll say is that if your life is that bad now consider how much worse it’ll be with chronic liver failure or diabetes.

        • mortimer@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 month ago

          My life isn’t bad. In fact it’s quite good. All I’m saying is that there’s something fucky with this story. Maybe there are other factors. It’s like someone who gets sick from eating nothing but McDonalds and then blames it all on meat consumption.

          • mortimer@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 month ago

            Think about it. 31 year old “BBC journalist” and “social drinker” has fucked her liver because she does nothing that extraordinary. Yeah, fucking right! Bullshit. She’s either a raging pisshead, a bullshitter, or has some underlying health condition that is not fitting into the agenda. Where’s my headline? “54 year old man drinks heavily for most of his life and is not overweight, does not have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease or any signs of liver damage, feels pretty damn good and says alcohol has made him a better person.”

        • mortimer@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 month ago

          I don’t need it. It’s a lifestyle choice. Some people choose Jesus which, in my opinion, is equally, if not more toxic.