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Saying drinking any amount destroys your health is a gross exaggeration. Its obviously not good for you, but you can absolutely drink alcohol and still lead an otherwise healthy life.
WHO disagres: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health
"No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health"
That doesn't contradict what I said.
it's playing russian roulett, even a livetime of moderate drinking highly increases your change of getting cancer
Again, doesn't contradict what I said. We're just going in circles at this point, so I hope you have a good one!
just don't underestimate how dangerous alcohol is
And please stop scaremongering. People do way more dangerous shit every day. Having a drink here and there isn't going to kill you.
No, this is the attitude i'm fighting against.
What, that people can do things in moderation and still lead otherwise perfectly healthy lives and won't drop dead on the spot like your absurd fearmongering would have you believe?
No, but trivializing the risks of alcohol and the fact that alcohol is a drug.
By overstating the dangers of alcohol and turning yourself into a parody?
No it is constatly understated
So when you say any amount of alcohol will destroy your health you're UNDERSTATING the dangers? Lmao, give me a fucking break.
even small amounts can destory your health over a lifetime of drinking alcohol
So not any amount then, got it.
you are just grabing for staws to deny that it is harmfull