I was supping in Jack Ryan myself yesterday, a most noble of bars.
Iâm quare shook today, I can still taste the hed hull
Brandys last night, am in tatters now. Not a day went by without some sort of saucing, and for that reason, I am now out for January. Time to get back to the gym, some serious poundage put up over the last fortnight or so, looking forward to getting back to some sort of normality.
:rolleyes:
Quite a difference between enjoying the wonderfulness that is Christmas and boozing and lying on the couch for days on end and disliking the festival as those who signed in there did. But like the children in the old Christmas film that wished for Christmas every day, the dream and the reality are not always the same. Christmas is over, but what a time it is. Roll on 2011
Fucking fine and shook todayâŚlate finish last night after an early startâŚwas lambasted for a finish up
Contemplating one last hurray
+1
Want to watch the darts. But may well drive.
The Godfather III or a few pints in Howardâs. No contest, Sofia Coppola and her big honker wrecked that film.
Despite drinking about 60 cans of beer since Christmas Eve, I havenât had a single pint in a pub. Doesnât look like Iâll be having one tonight either. Desperate state of affairs.
was going to go for a couple of handy pints but have gotten lazyâŚmight stick a pizza in the oven and knock out a wank later
hurray
I reckon a load of pints while watching the darts is the order of the day. While it is, indeed, a Monday, it doesnât actually feel like a Monday so I reckon itâs legit.
have taken tomorrow off to extend the holidays so will be having a hugh tonight
Hint, hint? Garrett isnât acting like Cowboysâ interim coach
He likes his Hugh Heinze he does yeah yeah.
Jones is expected to meet with receivers coach Ray Sherman, who is black. Jones has talked about meeting with outside candidates, too. Jones also said he plans to keep the pool small and wants to decide soon.
:unsure:
A hugh heinz coming up very shortly.
Ah lovely.
Iâve given up the booze for January so I will not be drinking until tomorrow night
Ah iâm well into week 2 of my detox, so no booze for this hound!!!
:lol: I hadnât read the story but thatâs completely unnecessary what they have there.
Itâs official⌠Drinking makes you live longer
One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who donât drink tend to die sooner than those who do. The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is that many of those who show up as abstainers in such research are actually former hard-core drunks who had already incurred health problems associated with drinking.
But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that â for reasons that arenât entirely clear â abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase oneâs risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainersâ mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers. (See pictures of booze under a microscope.)
Moderate drinking, which is defined as one to three drinks per day, is associated with the lowest mortality rates in alcohol studies. Moderate alcohol use (especially when the beverage of choice is red wine) is thought to improve heart health, circulation and sociability, which can be important because people who are isolated donât have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.
But why would abstaining from alcohol lead to a shorter life? Itâs true that those who abstain from alcohol tend to be from lower socioeconomic classes, since drinking can be expensive. And people of lower socioeconomic status have more life stressors â job and child-care worries that might not only keep them from the bottle but also cause stress-related illnesses over long periods. (They also donât get the stress-reducing benefits of a drink or two after work.)
But even after controlling for nearly all imaginable variables â socioeconomic status, level of physical activity, number of close friends, quality of social support and so on â the researchers (a six-member team led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin) found that over a 20-year period, mortality rates were highest for those who were not current drinkers, regardless of whether they used to be alcoholics, second highest for heavy drinkers and lowest for moderate drinkers. (Watch TIMEâs Video âTaste Test: Beer with Extra Buzz.â)
The sample of those who were studied included individuals between ages 55 and 65 who had had any kind of outpatient care in the previous three years. The 1,824 participants were followed for 20 years. One drawback of the sample: a disproportionate number, 63%, were men. Just over 69% of the abstainers died during the 20 years, 60% of the heavy drinkers died and only 41% of moderate drinkers died.
These are remarkable statistics. Even though heavy drinking is associated with higher risk for cirrhosis and several types of cancer (particularly cancers in the mouth and esophagus), heavy drinkers are less likely to die than people who donât drink, even if they never had a problem with alcohol. One important reason is that alcohol lubricates so many social interactions, and social interactions are vital for maintaining mental and physical health. As I pointed out last year, nondrinkers show greater signs of depression than those who allow themselves to join the party.
The authors of the new paper are careful to note that even if drinking is associated with longer life, it can be dangerous: it can impair your memory severely and it can lead to nonlethal falls and other mishaps (like, say, cheating on your spouse in a drunken haze) that can screw up your life. Thereâs also the dependency issue: if you become addicted to alcohol, you may spend a long time trying to get off the bottle.
That said, the new study provides the strongest evidence yet that moderate drinking is not only fun but good for you. So make mine a double.
The original version of this article misidentified abstainers (people in the study who were not current drinkers, regardless of their past drinking status) as people who had never drunk. The article has been edited to reflect the correction.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2014332,00.html#ixzz1AemOPeV9