alt Hacker NewsYou can spend your entire life minimizing risk, maximizing safety, and avoiding discomfort, or you can actually live. Either way you’re going to end up dead.
Moderation > abstinence in most things.
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seethishat • today at 4:46 PM
This is true. Everything is in a constant state of decline (including our health). Enjoy it while you can.
bluefirebrand • today at 4:30 PM
Why is abstinence "not living" but drinking is?
I'm not really anti drug or alcohol, but I am absolutely anti "substance use is the only way to truly live", even in moderation
I spent my twenties drinking moderately, and I barely drink at all in my 30s. I don't miss it even a bit and I'm way more alive now than I was then.
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I wonder what's the impact of abstinence in terms of not participating in social events that generate around alcohol consumption. Some cultures rely heavily on drinks for social bonding and such.