Is alcohol really a bad thing?

[LfcCharlie4]

@Michael569  You are a fucking hero!!! Always hitting me with those scientifically accurate truths to help! 

Haha, unfortunately I won't be allowing my body to get too good at the whole processing

So start slow! 

Zinc- How much? I'm loading on Zinc atm due to Corona, from the Drs PDF you recommend Chris, I always forget his name!

B Vitamins- These are present in my multivitamin and B12 (I'm vegan) any other way to load on them pre drinking? 

Bowel and urination- Got IT!

So, basically be EXTRA healthy around drinking days, superfood salads, more fruit, and more legumes- perfect. 

Water in between drink, the one I first learned and rarely apply....need to start!

Will get some of them foods! 

Haha, I burn like crazy will load up on sunscreen for the holiday don't worry about that! 

Yes, sadly, Chips and Pitta is my go to meal post drinking, again something that needs to be stopped! 

Fully raw? I'm already vegan, so go fully raw say all day sunday? 

Thanks for the help as always!

[LfcCharlie4]

@Michael569  Thank you once again for your response, your passion for your LP shines through in these posts to say the least, you're gonna help so many people!!!!

He recommends up to 4x 15Mg/1Mg Copper/Zinc supplements for Covid-19 with elderberry and a Zinc Lozenge a day. 

I just meant for alcohol, how much should I pre load, I think the supplement I linked has it in!

Big wholefood salad before the next night out, and a Berry smoothie as a post drinking snack- The Girls will be flocking to me...

Haha, yeah I sunburn so bad- more berry smoothies sounds fine for me! 

Yeah- my main bad habit is Peanut Butter, but I've now limited myself to 1 teaspoon in my Oats and NO PB snacks, or I just go crazy. 

Never gone raw for a day I don't think!

What's your top 5 nutrition/ diet books (not too much interested in the Science jargon) for optimizing health and feeling amazing basically. Always looking to learn. 

[fridjonk]

29 minutes ago, LfcCharlie4 said:

Yeah- my main bad habit is Peanut Butter

Bad habit? If you get the right ones, they're extremely healthy. 

[LfcCharlie4]

@fridjonk Link me some brands, I’m ALL ears! ? 

I still think I eat wayyyy too much, pretty sure it’s what could be causing some minor spot issues on my back and neck, as my face completely cleared up when I went vegan back in 2015 after like a year, but my back never fully cleared annoyingly.

[Raptorsin7]

@Michael569 What do you think of edible marajiana in terms of health effects?

[fridjonk]

@LfcCharlie4 I use organic Icelandic ones. Most of peanut butter is vegan I think. They're super high in healthy fats, protein, potassium, and fiber. I could not live without it.  Maybe you react badly to it tho, I always feel great after it personally. 

 

 

[LfcCharlie4]

@fridjonk Hmmm, I’ll try find some good organic ones round here, and man I’m hooked on it haha, but I could do with a higher quality one for sure 

[TrynaBeTurquoise]

@LfcCharlie4 @Michael569  

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This is the only alcohol I drink, hehe. Got asked to show my ID the other day. 

[Brian Wolfe]

Chronic alcohol abuse can have catastrophic health effects, impacting your entire body, and causing a range of health problems. For example, it can cause liver damage — including cirrhosis — brain damage, heart failure, diabetes, cancer, and infections ( 9, 54, 58, 71, 72, 73 ).

[LfcCharlie4]

@Brian Wolfe Any reason for posting this?

Almost sounds like the anti drug message you read in science textbooks at school, that just lead 15 year old kids to getting drunk in a park. 
 

Speaking of that, schools really need a much better drug message than “Don’t do any drugs ever!” 

[flowboy]

On 25-4-2020 at 1:50 AM, LfcCharlie4 said:

just use alcohol like any other tool

Ehm, tool for what?

[LfcCharlie4]

@flowboy  Yeah wrong word probs. 

Meant, just to enjoy socially from time to time with friends, that's all. 

Of course if you have addiction issues with Alcohol that's completely different. 

Brian Rose of London Real talks about this well. 

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 3:09 AM, LfcCharlie4 said:

@Dragos I completely get you man I too have an addictive personality, hence why I just never allow myself to drink at home, and I don’t want to tbh, I just drink when out with friends for some fun, but haven’t for a few months now and am not bothered, if I never went out clubbing / to a pub with my friends, I’d never drink again I doubt, no need! 
 

I would say find what’s right for you and go with it. 
 

Some people can drink once and then forget about it for weeks or all week and drink again, whereas, for some it takes over their mind- just like for Brian Rose of London real, and if you’re like that don’t drink, it’s as simple as that. 
 

That’s how I am with junk food and Porn so I just cut them out completely, most of us have things we just can’t use sensibly. 

Yea, I think all of us have some things that we use as a crutch or simply are more drawn to them then other things. For me is junk food and music.

I remeber seeing few episodes of Brian's podcast 2 or 3 years ago, and I remember he talked about his struggle, I forgot about him, i'll rewatch to see what's new.

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 4:22 AM, TrynaBeTurquoise said:

That wavy feeling and being a social lubricant with others who you might be kind of uncomfortable around otherwise does feel really good, no doubt. For me, what buffers me from drinking (I pretty much never drink, ever) is that I can acutely feel the negative after-effects from it, even if its just one or 2 drinks, and that alone makes it not worth it for me. Feeling such as lethargy/headache. Especially since drinking is an evening/night time thing, and doing it then negatively affects sleep quality. I'm a person who values the shit out of my sleep quality probably more than most people. But definitely some situations present themselves in life where I would indulge, and when it is one of those times I can feel it in my gut. 

I wake up very early and have a lot of energy after a night of drinking, stange, and I personally dont have negative after-effect. I can't even remember having a strong lasting hangover, but I did notice that when I have a negative thought as i was drunk Iit would attach and stayed with me for a while and that made my experience shitty.

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 4:09 AM, Keyhole said:

If you can handle it, having a few drinks here and there is fine.  Everything in moderation.
I don't drink anymore personally because I can't handle it and end up overdoing it.

I can handle it but rather just not do it althogheter for the rest of my life. Although who knows what awaits for them in life, if I can pull this off without in a natural way as I did till now  i'd be at peace with myself.

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 5:07 AM, modmyth said:

@Dragos  Yea, I've gotten that before when I was younger as well, even when I would have the occasional drink. I would explain to people that I don't like drinking because I'm alcohol intolerant or allergic (not sure which one it is). Basically I experience all of the effects of a hangover almost right away, if I don't just throw up right immediately, and I explain that my mom is the same way. And for whatever reason, people don't usually believe it. People react like I'm telling them about some magical fairy unicorn condition, haha. And I've been told it's weird that I don't drink as well, and not just from guys who are trying to get me tanked.

If everyone experienced all the negative effects of drinking right away, not one would drink, probably.

And do you still drink now, how do people react when you explain yourself now? Must be harder for a girl, right? Guys can be persistent :).

Yea, I was never really interested in drinking so for me it was and still is weird that people find it so necesarry in their life and nothing wrong about it.

I don't think so, I knew few people who experience hangover that lasted for few days, still, they found reasons to drink again.

[LfcCharlie4]

@Dragos  haha, a lot has changed. 

I wouldn't say music is a bad habit, music is beautiful. Of course if you're addicted to it and listening 24/7, but I wouldn't feel guilty for enjoying music man. 

Junk Food on the other hand, yeah, there's not much to defend there for eating it regularly. 

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 5:18 AM, Serotoninluv said:

My drinking interfered in my life when I was younger. My last drink was in 1992 and I never missed it. There is so much more in life to do. Plus, alcohol reduces consciousness. If I’m at an event, like a concert, with people drinking and feeling loose, I may take a low dose psychedelic or edible cannabis to spice things up. Alcohol doesn’t resonate with me anymore. 

Wow! And you we're never tempted to drink at any event in any circumstance? For me the thing that bothers my mind is that i'll find a person or a group of people  or a party in my life that have a certain vibe about them and make me think ,why bother with not drinking, so silly, like they having fun they're good right, why not start now?'

[Dragos]

On 4/25/2020 at 5:24 PM, Saupahar said:

It is said that drinking alcohol takes you into the state of lower consciousness than you normally are. So i am worried that even if i drink occasionally it might take me to the lower states of consciousness. I am really focused on my self development. In the past i have drank a lot and have really bad experiences and good ones too at that moment. And now i have sometimes have to face peer pressure and also want to drink socially but i am afraid  that it will be bad for me. I don't  know if i will drink next time or not and, if i drink,i wonder if it hampers my personal growth,and all the work i am doing for it will go into vain-not completely but may be negate some of the progress i have had till now.

This is basically what I think too. I don't think it will affect your growth if you drink here and there, but I just don't want to identify with that, and also my body doesn't tolerate it much, I don't think is made for it. I'll probably have to drink for a long period of time to build up some tolerance and that i will not do.

[Dragos]

On 4/27/2020 at 0:49 PM, Michael569 said:

There is absolutely no benefit to drinking alcohol whatsoever. A lot of people still believe that red wine is somehow healthy. This is tragic marketing implantation in the minds of the young who are trying to excuse their functional alcoholism. Alcohol is a neurotoxin and a carcinogen. It pulls nutrients from your body, it depletes glutathione and other antioxidants, it messes up with blood sugar balance, damages your arteries and hormonal balance. 

Whatever problem anyone has they claim alcohol helps to "solve" they are deluding themselves and this will bite them in the ass one day. 

 

Exactly, I remember 5 years there was a study that was presented on tv where they said that res wine is in fact beneficail at least a glass a day. And even at that time  I was thinking it is nuts that they actually put this in the news like they revealed that wine is actually a potion that helps us, lol.