Does alcohol hurt you?

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Call me a masochist but I do enjoy that burning sensation you get in your throat from a glass of decent whiskey. With that said, I generally try to steer clear as too much of it is virtually guaranteed to 1) make me feel like a got a punch to the stomach from the hulk and 2) turn me temporarily insane. Still, it can be nice every now and then.

I forgot to mention that I do have GERD(Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) & alcohol can potentially aggravate that.

^^^^mee too. GERD via congenital uncorrected hiatal hernia caused the alky to just go right back up the pipe where I spewed it back out.

Nope. Booze is fun times. I'm picky about liquor though.

Same here. What kind of liquor do you prefer? Most of my friends absolutely cannot stand gin, but it's my go-to when I want to get a wee-bit eff'd up.

I had a year sober up last month. So I know it can definitely harm me because alcoholics can't just drink normally. That's the definition of it.
Objectively, too much or consistently over a long period, can absolutely harm you in really unglamorous ways. I used to work in a geriatric psychiatric asylum and the cases in there of alcoholic dementia were not pretty at all. Forget about worrying about your liver - enough alcohol poisons and erodes the brain in a way that it cannot recover from.

I generally prefer dry ones. I'll make an exception for rum, but I can't do bourbon. Other whiskys are fine.

Depends on the drink. Wine and beer give me headaches and hangovers if I overdo them. Fine whisky doesn't even give me a hangover.

I do get red wine headaches, but red wine is delicious so I'll drink it occasionally anyway.

As long as I don't drink too much its okay.

It gives me horrible anxiety the day after.

No because I don't abuse it, sure I enjoy a couple of drinks at the weekend and after a long day at work but that's it.

Alcohol isn't good for me because I have a serious problem with moderation. 1 drink is too many, 10 is not enough.

In my drinking days my poison of choice was straight bourbon whisky, Wild Turkey or Jack Daniels. I looked forward to that burn in my throat which led to warmth in my stomach.