Heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers

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  • Laura_Ivy
    Laura_Ivy Posts: 555 Member
    Um, this article is definitely skewed because if that was the case my Dad wouldn't have died from all the complications his heavy drinking aka alcoholism caused him. I would rather die earlier than expected if it means I live. my life healthy and free of cerrhosis.
  • spade117
    spade117 Posts: 2,466 Member
    heavy drinkers do NOT outlive non drinkers

    Some do, some don't.
  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    Ok statistics geeks out there, we have a correlation which does not imply causation.

    My theory is the stick up abstainers' *kitten* may be the death blow...

    either way, :drinker:

    This.
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    My great grandma got a bottle of Amaretto on her 96th birthday. hahaha
    She lived to be 100 and she drank pretty often. Not heavily though. Just a bit of Amaretto or a glass of red wine.

    She got that bottle though, and looked at everyone else and said that it was hers and she wasn't sharing... hahaha its was so freaking cute.... :smile:
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm gonna live forever

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2017200,00.html


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    But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does tend to increase one's risk of dying, even when you exclude former problem drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers



    Everyone's risk of dying is the same. Pretty much we all die once. (execet for those who are resucitated)

    Everyone's risk of eventually dying is the same.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Well.

    Beer for dinner it is, then.
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    That's a bull**** statement! My father died of alcoholism, so yeah, heavy drinkers do NOT outlive non drinkers

    There's a difference between people's individual experiences and an overall trend.
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    heavy drinkers do NOT outlive non drinkers

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  • fleur_de_lis19
    fleur_de_lis19 Posts: 926 Member
    heavy drinkers do NOT outlive non drinkers

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    lol
  • Mad_Dog_Muscle
    Mad_Dog_Muscle Posts: 1,251 Member
    :drinker: I'll drink to that!:drinker:
  • Mad_Dog_Muscle
    Mad_Dog_Muscle Posts: 1,251 Member
    heavy drinkers do NOT outlive non drinkers

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  • katekross
    katekross Posts: 463 Member
    Heavy drinking in college put my in the pre-diabetic catergory...

    Heavy drinking... Put me in the Type 2 Diabetic category, and I fight it every single day. .

    Glad I'm not alone!
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    Oh good...I knew all that wine and vodka was doing my body good!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    This is because the HEAVY DRINKERS are out driving and killing the non drinkers in accidents.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    Strange. My step-dad has stomach cancer from heavy drinking. He probably won't live into his 90s.

    But I'm all for a cup of wine on the weekends or a couple beers. I would love one everyday but the calories are too much haha
  • Chainbreaker
    Chainbreaker Posts: 124 Member
    It does however cause brain shrinkage over time. So one may live longer, but as a village idiot.

    UNLESS...

    Cliff Clavins buffalo theory is correct!
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    This is because the HEAVY DRINKERS are out driving and killing the non drinkers in accidents.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Yeah, because all heavy drinkers drive drunk. I would have you know, I am a responsible heavy drinker.
  • mmckee10
    mmckee10 Posts: 405 Member
    bump to back up my birthday festivities!
  • NiSan12
    NiSan12 Posts: 374 Member
    :noway: :drinker:
  • NiSan12
    NiSan12 Posts: 374 Member
    :noway: :drinker:

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