Asklemmy

44184 readers

1257 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

338

What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

594 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I feel like there's a subtlety here. Ocassional Glass of wine with dinner versus binge drinking.

Of course the problem is that the first drink makes then next one more attractive and degrades impulse control... so YMMV.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

One is too many and a thousand is never enough.

Edit: I do get the irony of someone with my username posting this. I understand what's wrong with binge drinking and me in general, I'm just not ready to fix it.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You and I are in the same place.

Well, I’m not in Texas, but I’m with you otherwise.

I’ll fix it sometime. Hopefully soon.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're gonna be alright, buddy.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thank ya. We definitely are. My problem is, drinkin’ makes everything SO MUCH FUN. If it just wasn’t so damn fun, it wouldn’t be an issue

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow. This thread got pretty real, pretty quick. I feel you though (you too, Texas).

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're gonna be alright, too.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks Tex (hope you don't mind me calling you that). I appreciate it. Same to you and Rei. We're all gonna get through this eventually.

Edit: Sorry Rai, not Rei.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

I was entirely satisfied enjoying that irony.

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

This, is why I don't drink.

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Having a glass of wine every day is not healthy.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

Agreed, my intent was occasional. I shall go and put that word in.

[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I drink pretty much only on the weekends and that’s pretty seldom.

Is one glass of wine really that bad though? Like compared to a glass of grape juice? Because of the sugars and calories and is alcohol in this percentage range (approx 14%) enough to cause damage to your liver over time?

Again I’m talking about one glass

[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Any amount of alcohol is per definition unhealthy. The "health benefits" of red wine can easily be attained through other foods or drinks.