Alcohol Ain't So Bad?

As long as you don't have a tendency toward addiction, a moderate amount (1-2 glasses per night) can be a good thing.

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Doesn't alcohol kinda paralyzes your metabolism, as in nothing else happens until you metabolize all the alcohol? That is what I've always heard, and why you shouldn't drink when you wanna lose fat.

This was a surprise to me too. I'm trying to lose the last 40 pounds to my goal and recently have started adding an occasional glass of wine to my daily routine. I did this before I read this article. I've just been feeling very stressed and the wine helps me relax.

I feel it actually quells my urge to overeat when I get home from work. I only have one glass so I'm not substituting it for food or anything.

I remember when I was younger and a lot thinner and of course still obsessed with my slightly yo-yoing weight. I always heard that drinking wasn't good for losing weight. But as I was a bit of a party girl I went through periods of frequent drinking and not in small amounts. During those times I was always thinner. Although I think it was because I had a lot of other things on my mind other than food and it was just a matter of focusing less on it.

I dunno'. :-)

I am 13 years old, and I drink alcohol. The regulations in America on alcohol are ridiculous. I have a higher IQ than a majority of the idiot adults that run around having sex and getting drunk and then tell their kids that alcohol is terrible, and beat their kids to death when they find them in the beer section at a local grocery store. 21 years and older to buy alcohol? Give me a break. An 18 year old can go and get him/herself killed in a war, and buy cigarrettes, and vote for idiotic presidents who chase after oil and bomb the crap out of every country on this earth, but they can't have a drink of beer? I got kicked out of a grocery store by some moron who couldn't even speak proper english recently for looking at beer. I got mad at him, and started arguing with him. He told me that I wasn't supposed to disrespect him because he was older than me. Well, just for his information, I happen to be a 13 year old kid who has grown his hair out for cancer patients, raised money for kids who are starving in Africa, and even helped elderly people, and I am supposed to respect someone who has done nothing but gotten women pregnant and kicked teens out of grocery stores? I did NOT respect him. I flicked him off, and didnt back down. He called the cops, but I didnt back down. This world is messed up. The adults that are supposed to be respected are the ones that have messed up the world, and they are the ones who keep on messing up the world more. Bring to a boil, add oil, then BOMB. Bring to a boil, add oil, then BOMB. Thats ALL our government does. The masses just take it while they turn the screws. They teach us that violence is bad, yet they drop an A-Bomb on Japan 2 times. They send soldiers out to kill. They build huge weapons, including a hydrogen bomb, yet they teach us that violence is bad, and to not drink alcohol. If marijuana was legalized, the world would also be a lot better. Marijuana is nowhere near as bad as tobacco. It is much less addictive. People who smoke marijuana barely have any dependence on it. It is not a gateway drug. A large majority of marijuana users have never used or possessed any other drug. YET THE MORONS IN OUR SOCEITY DENY THE STATISTICS THAT PROVE THEM WRONG!!! Adults are idiots, that raise their children to be idiots. Their children grow up to become idiots and screw the world up. NO RESPECT TO THE "ADULTS".

wow kid. You have no idea how naive what you just said sounds. you can certainly not generalize about stuff like "adults being idiots." as for you having a higher IQ, thats not very impressive, as IQ is not related to age. at all. you can donate all the hair you want, and help all the old people you can, but that does not somehow make you more qualified to make a statement like "adults are idiots." i don't disagree with you about everything you said, but some of it is just complete bs. I don't think you need to call someone a 'moron who couldn't even speak proper english.' as for denying stats that prove them wrong, that's business, and that's the way of the world. you are a little kid, and you clearly don't understand people well enough to think about this the right way. people are not perfect little 13 year olds like you. you say that 21 is too old? well I am 17, and I definitely wouldn't want some of my friends, or kids my age, to be able to have such easy access to alcohol. maybe if i were you, i would say "17 year olds are idiots! no respect for them!" the point is, that even if you think you are responsible enough to buy alcohol and be the US president, that does not mean that other people your age are ready to do the same. hit me back at saestridge@middlesex.edu if you wanna talk some more.

Joe Brown,

You're a very (selectively) informed kid that obviously puts a lot of thought into the world and how it works. You're angry about the injustices and hypocrisy around you. You're the type of person that could change the world if you just focused your intellect and passion on the right things. Alcohol and marijuana are NOT the right things. There's nothing really wrong with them, they're just not all that important in the grand scheme of things. Really, they aren't.

Try watching some Noam Chomsky or Michael Moore (both adults that are far from idiots) documentaries or read they're books. Get angry at cooporations and third world exploitaiton rather than the fact that you can't legally have drugs or alcohol.

Come on kid, you've got bigger fish to fry.

Why would u think that drinking is good for you?? Its bad very bad..Never drink you will just turn out like me and the way I am is NOOOOO Good... So if you wana stay right DON'T drink okay everyone on here listen to me dont even think about drinking..

wow i can belive this

The only reason marijuana isn't legal is because the government has no means of taxing it. People could grow it in their own back yard and sell it to every joe down the block. There would be a huge money exchange the government wasn't collecting on. This might also cut down on the number of people who smoke cigarettes, which means cutting down on the number of monetary transactions the govermnet does cash in on.

As far as all adults being idiots, they're not. They're ignorant and they don't want to be informed. So are children. At least the ones who believe everything their parents tell them. Don't get me wrong, some of them are just too stupid to ever understand.

But when you make generalized statements with now foundation, you become just as ignorant.

Drinking is good. Smokin is OK , but drinkin' is good..............

Hey
I drink regulary and i enjoy it. My school is always bitching about it being so so bad but im sure they would ban it if it was but then the goverment wouldnt get all there tax from it.
I like it and i have a good time i spose i should do it less.
thanks

:) :) :) drinking is fun when u puke ya guts out :D :D :D

i am 15 and have been drinking for a ges and love it to bits. Everyone who knows me is surprised at the extend i drink to. I drink in and out of school with and without mates. i would recommend it to anyone!!!

my mates take the mick out of me for many reasons, but apart from being a red head, alchohol is my worst problem. :(