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30 Jan 2022, 7:11 am

I go out twice a week and enjoy drinking beer socially on those occasions.

Unfourtantly I get very carried away with my drinking and always have more beer than intended.

My question is can I reverse the aging effects of alcohol if I cut down on my drinking?



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30 Jan 2022, 7:51 am

Yep.



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30 Jan 2022, 8:25 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
Yep.



ok



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31 Jan 2022, 9:50 am

No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.

Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.



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31 Jan 2022, 11:52 am

Fnord wrote:
No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.

Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.



Do you think drinking alcohol can accelerate your age by maybe 10 years or so?



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31 Jan 2022, 12:54 pm

Jamesy wrote:
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No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.  Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.
Do you think drinking alcohol can accelerate your age by maybe 10 years or so?
It is not an additive function; it is multiplicative (it cannot be reversed, either).

Bob and Tom are each allotted 70 years of life.  This amount is the default for everyone.  Living an average lifestyle, each one can expect to live 70 calendar years.  Bob exercises regularly, neither smokes nor drinks, and consumes a low carb/high fiber, low fat/high protein diet.  Tom spends his days at a desk job or in front of the TV, he smokes, drinks, and consumes a high carb/ low fiber, high fat/low protein diet.

Bob's aging rate averages around 0.8 per year, while Tom's aging rate averages around 1.25 per year.

When both report to the disintegration chambers at the chronologic age of 70, Bob's physical age is 56 years, and Tom's is 87.5 years.  Bob is awarded another 14 years of life, while Tom's body falls apart before he can enter the disintegration booth.

I hope that makes sense to you, because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.



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31 Jan 2022, 1:05 pm

Fnord wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
Fnord wrote:
No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.  Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.
Do you think drinking alcohol can accelerate your age by maybe 10 years or so?
It is not an additive function; it is multiplicative (it cannot be reversed, either).

Bob and Tom are each allotted 70 years of life.  This amount is the default for everyone.  Living an average lifestyle, each one can expect to live 70 calendar years.  Bob exercises regularly, neither smokes nor drinks, and consumes a low carb/high fiber, low fat/high protein diet.  Tom spends his days at a desk job or in front of the TV, he smokes, drinks, and consumes a high carb/ low fiber, high fat/low protein diet.

Bob's aging rate averages around 0.8 per year, while Tom's aging rate averages around 1.25 per year.

When both report to the disintegration chambers at the chronologic age of 70, Bob's physical age is 56 years, and Tom's is 87.5 years.  Bob is awarded another 14 years of life, while Tom's body falls apart before he can enter the disintegration booth.

I hope that makes sense to you, because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.



Do you think Tom smokes and drinks everyday?



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31 Jan 2022, 1:09 pm

Jamesy wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
Fnord wrote:
No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.  Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.
Do you think drinking alcohol can accelerate your age by maybe 10 years or so?
It is not an additive function; it is multiplicative (it cannot be reversed, either).

Bob and Tom are each allotted 70 years of life.  This amount is the default for everyone.  Living an average lifestyle, each one can expect to live 70 calendar years.  Bob exercises regularly, neither smokes nor drinks, and consumes a low carb/high fiber, low fat/high protein diet.  Tom spends his days at a desk job or in front of the TV, he smokes, drinks, and consumes a high carb/ low fiber, high fat/low protein diet.

Bob's aging rate averages around 0.8 per year, while Tom's aging rate averages around 1.25 per year.

When both report to the disintegration chambers at the chronologic age of 70, Bob's physical age is 56 years, and Tom's is 87.5 years.  Bob is awarded another 14 years of life, while Tom's body falls apart before he can enter the disintegration booth.

I hope that makes sense to you, because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.
Do you think Tom smokes and drinks everyday?
Do you think you have done enough nit-picking in this thread?  Do you think you have entirely missed the point of what the story meant?  Does you really think anyone wants to get into a deep discussion of this with you?



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31 Jan 2022, 1:16 pm

Fnord wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
Fnord wrote:
No, you will continue to age, but at a less accelerated rate.  Face it, kid: You will never be as young as you once were.
Do you think drinking alcohol can accelerate your age by maybe 10 years or so?
It is not an additive function; it is multiplicative (it cannot be reversed, either).

Bob and Tom are each allotted 70 years of life.  This amount is the default for everyone.  Living an average lifestyle, each one can expect to live 70 calendar years.  Bob exercises regularly, neither smokes nor drinks, and consumes a low carb/high fiber, low fat/high protein diet.  Tom spends his days at a desk job or in front of the TV, he smokes, drinks, and consumes a high carb/ low fiber, high fat/low protein diet.

Bob's aging rate averages around 0.8 per year, while Tom's aging rate averages around 1.25 per year.

When both report to the disintegration chambers at the chronologic age of 70, Bob's physical age is 56 years, and Tom's is 87.5 years.  Bob is awarded another 14 years of life, while Tom's body falls apart before he can enter the disintegration booth.

I hope that makes sense to you, because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.
Do you think Tom smokes and drinks everyday?
Do you think you have done enough nit-picking in this thread?  Do you think you have entirely missed the point of what the story meant?  Does you really think anyone wants to get into a deep discussion of this with you?



okay yeah your right maybe best not go into this to much



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31 Jan 2022, 1:24 pm

Fnord wrote:
......because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.


Graphic descriptions of daily debauchery later in life are maybe what the OP needs to hear to cut down on drinking :wink:


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31 Jan 2022, 1:25 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
Fnord wrote:
......because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.


Graphic descriptions of daily debauchery later in life are maybe what the OP needs to hear to cut down on drinking :wink:



I drink once/twice a week socially

during weekdays I drink 6 pints of water



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31 Jan 2022, 1:32 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
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. . . because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.
Graphic descriptions of daily debauchery later in life are maybe what the OP needs to hear to cut down on drinking :wink:
I get paid for writing that crap.



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31 Jan 2022, 1:32 pm

Jamesy wrote:
Doberdoofus wrote:
Fnord wrote:
......because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.


Graphic descriptions of daily debauchery later in life are maybe what the OP needs to hear to cut down on drinking :wink:



I drink once/twice a week socially

during weekdays I drink 6 pints of water


Here are the NHS guidelines on drinking. If you don't drink more than 14 units a week they say you will be ok.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-su ... hol-units/


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31 Jan 2022, 1:48 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
Jamesy wrote:
Doberdoofus wrote:
Fnord wrote:
......because I had to leave out the graphic descriptions of daily debauchery enjoyed by Bob for the remainder of his life.


Graphic descriptions of daily debauchery later in life are maybe what the OP needs to hear to cut down on drinking :wink:



I drink once/twice a week socially

during weekdays I drink 6 pints of water


Here are the NHS guidelines on drinking. If you don't drink more than 14 units a week they say you will be ok.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-su ... hol-units/



problem is on the weekend I have got in the habit of drinking more than 14 units a week



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31 Jan 2022, 2:03 pm

I don't drink ONE unit a week. I'm 61 years old. People don't believe I'm 61.



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31 Jan 2022, 2:06 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
I don't drink ONE unit a week. I'm 61 years old. People don't believe I'm 61.



Now I feel ashamed of myself the fact a lot of people never drink alcohol in there lives :(