To Drink, or Not to Drink. . . .

THAT IS THE QUESTION, MY LUVS!

The Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, published a 22-page hair-raiser saying alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer (after cigarettes and tubbiness). Here is the report.

But…if you break it down, the numbers, according to Ronald Bailey in Reason, tell a different story. Moderate drinking (one drink a day) caused just 0.6 cancer deaths in 2023.

But if you break it into smithereens, what story do we see? Our families, our friends, our politicians, our artists—their lives being destroyed by drinking.

So last night….

I am Zooming with Lisa Birnbach who pledges every year to enjoy a “Dry January.” But Lisa lives in Los Angeles. And flames are all around her. And we are a toasting the fact she is still alive and most of her house is still standing, and I raise my glass of Merlot, and she raises her glass of sparkling water….but I look at it, and say, “What is that,” and Lisa says, “Vodka and Tonic, now is not the time for Dry January.”

Therefore the question is:

Are YOU giving up alcohol?

Or, are you like me—still gonna keep raising your glass of Champagne and cheering us on through the coming bullshit?

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