No idea what that means, please source it..

Risks of Moderate Drinking

There are risks that might offset the benefits of moderate drinking. Research shows that adverse consequences may occur at relatively low levels of consumption (1).

Stroke. A review of epidemiologic evidence concludes that moderate alcohol consumption increases the potential risk of strokes caused by bleeding, although it decreases the risk of strokes caused by blocked blood vessels (21).

Motor vehicle crashes. While there is some evidence to suggest that low blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) bear little relationship to road crashes, impairment of driving-related skills by alcohol has been found to begin at 0.05 percent BAC or lower, with rapidly progressing deterioration as the BAC rises (22). A man weighing 140 pounds might attain a BAC of 0.05 percent after two drinks.

Interactions with medications. Alcohol may interact harmfully with more than 100 medications, including some sold over the counter (23). The effects of alcohol are especially augmented by medications that depress the function of the central nervous system, such as sedatives, sleeping pills, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, and certain painkillers. There is a consequent increased danger of driving an automobile after even moderate drinking if such medications are taken (24). In advanced heart failure, alcohol may not only worsen the disease, but also interfere with the function of medications to treat the disease (25).

Cancer. Although most evidence suggests an increased risk for certain cancers only among the heaviest drinkers, moderate drinking may be weakly related to female breast cancer. In one study (26), breast cancer was approximately 50 percent more likely to develop in women who consumed three to nine drinks per week than in women who drank fewer than three drinks per week. Although evidence concerning large bowel cancer is conflicting, one study suggests the possibility of a weak relation to consumption of one or more drinks per day (27).

Shift to heavier drinking. Recovering alcoholics, as well as people whose families have alcohol problems, may not be able to maintain moderate drinking habits (2). Once a person progresses from moderate to heavier drinking, the risks of social problems (for example, drinking and driving, violence, trauma) and medical problems (for example, liver disease, pancreatitis, brain damage, reproductive failure, cancer) increase greatly (34)."

No no, the girl in the example is not MY friend, she is the friend of someone I know. SHE got drunk and got pregnant.

Anyhow.

Can you be 100% POSITIVE that you will NEVER
... drive a car after drinking at ALL
... allow drinking/drugs to get in the way of your relationships (e.g. cheat on or hit girlfriend/wife)
... have drunken unprotected sex
... have a drunken brawl fight or whatever those are called
... become an alcoholic
... drink so much you pass out (esp. for girls)
... pressure anyone to drink alcohol
... provide alcohol to those you shouldn't
... only drink "moderately" ? which I guess means not getting drunk at all
... allow drinking to affect your studies/job

AND you don't mind living with the risks of moderate drinking

I meant provide alcohol to those who may not follow the list I made (don't have the self control that you and Stringer apparently have)


Obviously you don't need to be drunk to cheat/abuse partner BUT you do have a higher risk of doing something stupid like that after drinking as opposed to being sober since your judgment is impaired.

If you do get drunk even once or twice a year, of course it won't "send you into a downward spiral of alcoholism" but then how can you assure yourself 100% you won't do the things I mentioned when intoxicated?

HAHAHA are u kidding me? get real. it is moderately benifical. Shown to decrease risks slightly (only noticable over a large population) of certain diseases. You just said drinking reduces your chance of dying by 25%, that make you dumb.

Research in various countries has found the all-cause mortality rates range from 16 to 28% lower among moderate drinkers than among abstainers[9][10][11][12] (Yuan).

The medical studies establishing this relationship are large (some include over 200,000 people), cross-cultural (have been conducted in countries around the world), and are sometimes long-term (the longest beginning in 1948 and continuing to this day).[13]

this doesnt include drinking related accidents, or the results of overuse. that stat related only to very moderate drinking.

No because they deal with a small amount of acohol, its misleading. Its not, more alcohol the better providing you don't kill yourself that night. Also, there are obviously many prerequisites and assumptions to make those numers work. Like previous health, and many others.