I know that teetotalers don't live as long as moderate drinkers,
And I know that drinking up to 35 drinks a week is still healthier than being a non-drinker; and that such drinkers tend to live longer than non-drinkers. But I don't drink nearly that many drinks in a week.
I also know that for me, if I have 5 standard drinks, I'll usually get symptoms in the night that I think must be affecting my heart health?
Like waves of anxiety followed by waves of my heart racing, and lots of waves of sweating too.
I'm going to look into this and post again about it.
With The Intention Of Achieving Balance And Control Over Drinking And Being Fully Deprogrammed From CultAA--which I am learning to forgive, and let go of. Research teaches us that 1 out of 3 people are problem drinkers, but 90% of problem drinkers are Not Alcoholics and can change.
My Drinking History: Over four decades of mostly problem drinking, five drunken-related arrests in my 20s (the early 80s), of abstinence and binge-drinking, of trying moderation and usually-or-often failing, of being immersed in almost every other recovery group out there, but of being mostly sober.