Q1. Is drinking red wine once in a while healthy? Q2. Those of you who have given up on alcohol - how do you handle social situations where you are required to drink? Ex: hanging out at a bar, house party, etc. I feel it’s easy when it’s a big group since I can just order lemonade or something but if I’m hanging out with one friend, it’s harder to refuse a drink because then they won’t drink either

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Peer pressure as an adult. Just be honest. I am not drinking alcohol but please do jot let that stop you. If they feel peer pressure from that - it’s on them. I work with a man who gave up alcohol and no one asks or worries about it. We are all adults

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Word. Unless your friends are complete sociopaths you can just say “hey I don’t drink now” and they’ll leave it at that. If they don’t, send them the way of some AA literature and they’ll change their tune pretty quick. Or just say you’re a Mormon, 100% success

1) Yes - wine is fine occasionally just like most other things and so long as it doesn’t interact with any medications

2) it’s your choice to eat or drink what you want. It’s your body and you owe no one an explanation. I guarantee you’ll spend more time thinking about it than anyone else will. If anything, I find others get jealous of my ability to skip booze when I choose to do so and not feel like I have to drink if I don’t want to.

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I think we all have that feeling which is partly why many people drink. Before I felt confident enough to decline a drink in a group setting I would be first up at the bar getting something clear and fizzy with a lime an no one was the wiser. Also being sober around people who are drinking gives you a whole new view of how annoying people are in booze. Just a side benefit of kind of seeing that angle which also makes it easier to either stop at 2 drinks or kick it all together

Q2: club soda with lime.

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From a nutrition perspective, wine is not really healthy. Nor is any alcohol. With that being said, no sustainable diet consists of everything being 100% healthy. So feel free to enjoy that glass of wine, just don't turn it into a bottle.

I have maybe 1 drink a week, partly because I don't want the empty calories, but mainly because I just don't enjoy the taste of alcohol.

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Q1. I don't think alcohol is healthy. People will make the antioxidant argument, but alcohol eradicates any of those benefits and produces more net harm to your liver.

Q2. I tell them I don't drink, and usually get the "sober" version of an alcoholic beverage (lime and tonic water, etc.). People might think it's odd, but you just gotta do you. Don't care about what other people think because, at the end of the day, the people that were independent thinkers (aka, sometimes going against social norms) were some of the most impactful people in society (Nelson Mandela, MLK, etc.).

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“Thanks but I’m not drinking right now”

I'll order a drink I hate. I'll still have something in my hand so people don't try to be nice and get me something.

The Spanish seem to live by their red wine and olive oil, so I'm sure it's fine. But I'm also sure there are wines that are better for you and ones that are worst.

I don't drink very often and it's never been a serious issue. Sure, my friends will usually push a little and say are out sure you don't want anything. Or it's on me. And when I do have one drink, they do start feeling a little awkward when they're on their third. But that being said, that's more their issue. I'm not going to drink for them. And if they only think we/they/I can only be social when drinking, well...

You are not required to drink anywhere, if you don’t want to drink, that is your business and no one else’s. I’m a lightweight and I’m on a mission to save money, so there have been many times where I have ordered sparkling water while everyone else was drinking. If someone gave me a hard time, I just say “I’m not drinking tonight, I’m in the mood for sparkling water.” Done!

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