Do you drink alcohol ?
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Love a good red, and drink a light beer when it's hot.
But it's not something I need. Sometimes I go for weeks at a time without any, and don't miss it.
But it's not something I need. Sometimes I go for weeks at a time without any, and don't miss it.
Some say that real estate is all about location, we know that is only part of the story. I have to drive past Dan Murphey's on my way home from work every afternoon, and recently a nice company built Australia's largest hotel at the end of my street, five minute's walk away. Can anyone beat that location?
Did a bit when i was 18/19, but then was in a long-term relationship for over 4 years which basically stopped my drinking. When that ended at the start of this year, boy there were stories to be told... Woke up at the Brisbane Airport when holidaying in the Gold Coast with a friend! Thats an example of one.
Back training again and over that silly little period, been i think 3 months since ive had a drop.
Back training again and over that silly little period, been i think 3 months since ive had a drop.
I think it would be hard to top this one though.
It surprises me that people 'seriously' answer such threads
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http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75327
Edit: Ok, just reread that thread, and most people did not answer 'seriously'.
It surprises me that people 'seriously' answer such threads
.http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75327
Edit: Ok, just reread that thread, and most people did not answer 'seriously'
.Looks like 80% dont drink and 20% do.
This forum doesnt have many members or get much traffic so I reckon the results are skewed compared to the general community or if the poll was run on other forums. Most here would also be middle aged, straight and conservative which is reflected in the results.
Elsewhere I think it would be closer to 60/40 instead of 80/20.
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Turn it up, there are a bunch of us on here who are young, footloose and fancy free, gay as a picnic basket and ideologically left of the Greens.
We're not all neo-Orwellian post apopletic Machiavellian cohorts...sheesh.
What results were you expecting?
to be honest, out of say 100 people I know, excluding under 20s, or above 60
id say 99% of them drink, 20% drink 2-3 std drinks every night, 30% have one drink a night a few nights a week, 20% get plastered every weekend/fortnight
Guessing stats is always more relaible than conducting polls and deciphering information - especially one as mathematically complicated as this one
.Turn it up, looks like a Liberal party convention being held here.
Similar to the general community, probably closer to 60/40.
The results show 80% dont get drunk and a couple of social drinks avoiding intoxication dont really count. But its a small forum with lots of old people and less than 100 votes.
It would be good to see if the 20% who enjoy getting drunk have a higher net wealth than the 80% who dont get drunk (the old 80/20 rule).
I’m not sure about this forum, but for the overall population it’s quite the opposite.
A few months back I was reading some articles re the claims that a drink a day is good for us and, statistically speaking, results in a longer life expectancy.
What I realised is that whilst there is definitely a correlation between moderate drinking and better health, causation has never been established. The statistics don’t take into consideration that those who drink moderately a more likely to do everything in moderation (eat in moderation, exercise, not smoke, etc..), are statistically financially better off and have better access to healthcare than those who either abstain or drink heavily. Moderate drinkers are the stable in-betweeners flanked on either side by extremes.
Obviously, moderate drinkers will have better health than heavy drinkers. Moderate drinkers are also socioeconomically better off and tend to have overall healthier lifestyles.
What’s interesting is that abstainers tend to be another extreme. They’re socioeconomically worse off than moderate drinkers and are more likely to have health issues (in some cases, leading them to abstain in the first place). They’re also more likely to be former alcoholics or former heavy drinkers than moderate drinkers (for many alcoholics and heavy drinkers, it’s easier to quit entirely than to cut down).
Anyway, after reading more about it, I’m sceptical of the claims that a drink or two a day is ‘healthy’. It’s more likely that the overall better lifestyles of moderate drinkers is responsible for their better health.
So, getting back to your post, moderate drinkers on average have a higher net worth than heavy drinkers or abstainers.
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