"gatt" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message

Not true. The healthful benefits of moderate alcohol consumption have
been well established for about a hundred years now.

As a child of alcoholic parents I have a rather dark view of any
supposed
'benefits' from drinking alcohol.

Understandable, but slightly off the mark. Some people react differently
to alcohol than others, the same as any chemical or drug. In some cases
it's addiction, in other cases it's not much of anything. In my case, I
get
ill before I get drunk, so I'm not too likely to develop the disease that
runs in my family. (works for me.)

I suspect that if you are getting ill before you get drunk that you are
already an alcoholic.