I'm surprised they don't mention hangovers. I stopped drinking 4-5 years ago and since then I've noticed how many people have 2-3 drinks without a second thought. It's now clear to me how much of my tiredness and achiness was caused by drinking - not stress or insomnia or whatever other idea I had at the time.
I'm not concerned about what other people do from a moral standpoint, but I know a few people in particular who complain that they can't sleep well and drink half a bottle of wine a night.
Little good can come from pointing it out - in the US discussions of drinking habits usually lead to confident assertions that in 'Europe' such drinking is totally normal and reminders that the Queen Mum (allegedly) credited her health to a glass of gin a day.
Definitely agree. Alcohol was my escape of choice for the pandemic. I took 3 months off last year since it was getting too much, but went back to several drinks a night after that. Decided to stop again (maybe permanently) because I started paying more and more attention to how it affects me. Even just limiting it to the weekend results in my feeling cruddy for Mon-Wed. Both less energy and more anxiety, things I used to enjoy got more dull, headaches were more common.
Alcohol is poison, and I'm accepting the reality that there is no such thing as a "good amount".
I'm not concerned about what other people do from a moral standpoint, but I know a few people in particular who complain that they can't sleep well and drink half a bottle of wine a night.
Little good can come from pointing it out - in the US discussions of drinking habits usually lead to confident assertions that in 'Europe' such drinking is totally normal and reminders that the Queen Mum (allegedly) credited her health to a glass of gin a day.