Good. This is good.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
448 points (100.0% liked)
News
38902 readers
3105 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
I like a drink (obviously, as mod of the cocktail community) but would not consider one or two a day moderate, everyday drinking is heavy drinking, or at least habitual drinking.
Two or three a week is the way I drink. Sometimes one or none, and I take a month off at least once a year, never want to get into a habit.
I think these statistics have a bit of that going on with them. Now that weed is readily available in almost all of the US and people are more self aware due to their parent's mistakes with handling alcohol, it would not surprise me if the statistics were not completely due to financial reasons.
This is unambiguously good. I hope the trend goes on!
My docs have all begrudgingly accepted that I value enjoying my life more than I value longevity. I'm sure it makes them sad. But I don't see this world / humanity suddenly growing a conscience during my time on this planet, so if I shorten my life a bit, I really don't care. If anything, people will likely get dumber and make me not care harder and faster.
The problem is not that you shorten your life by 5 years and are healthy up until death. It's that the last 10 years of your life is spent with medical / hospital admissions because of the liver failure, heart disease, brain disease etc due to alcohol, smoking et cetera
I'm there too. Being in the Southeastern US with all these people who hate everyone who are not like them and who also want to destroy everything certainly has made me reprioritize my own survival. Also, generally all the war and greed. Our species is sick. I'll drink if I want.
drinking here and there =/= enjoying life
*to you
since everyone's just telling personal stories about their alcohol preferences, I'll go ahead and mention that I'm currently on a sangria kick. I've been trying different brands but it intrigues me because sangria is supposed to be made with cheap, sweet wine. I've found the local winery makes some of the best sangria i can find in stores. Once I've tasted enough I may try my hand at making my own.
It surprises me that a lot people think drinking alcohol is synonymous with going out to reataurant and bars. I'm here to tell you that you can also drink at home especially when company comes over or when you are the company going over to someone elses home.
The best Sangria I ever made was this one. I don't even like sangria but this was delicious.
Thanks, I may give that recipe a try.
From 1997 to 2023, at least 60% of Americans reported drinking alcohol. The figure fell to 62% in 2023 and to 58% in 2024, before reaching 54% today. Prior to the most recent poll, the rate has been under 60% fewer than 10 times, including 58% in the initial 1939 poll and a one-time low of 55% recorded in 1958.
"weird" that usatoday leaves all this important information out lol. "record lows" still means half the population are boozers and the number was never much higher.
How did it fall from 60 to 62...
Yea reading that made my brain divide by zero
Im curious about what that means to them. When im asked by my doctor I launch into this ramble about how I drink alcohol but by no means regularly. If im at a party (which I rarely am) that has drinks I might have one. Sometimes my wife and I will do something on a holiday like a few xmasses ago we picked up everything we needed to make traditional eggnog. The brandy ended up sitting forever though. When trump was elected I picked up a large bottle of vodka as I can't take his talks stone cold sobers. Still have tons left because I find I can't take him talking even a little tipsy.
Yeah my old doctor had a question "how many drinks per day?" New one asks "how many per week?" which works for me. But I think you are right it should be more just "do you drink, how much, and does it affect your life?"
see mine just asks. do you drink. which again for me is yes but. now if I had health insurance and went to doctors in my twenties then the answer would be yes every weekend or more and generally to excess.
view more: next ›