Bogwitch

Alcohol is a delightful social lubricant, a liquid drug that is particularly good at erasing our inter-personal anxieties. And this might help explain why, according to the new study, moderate drinkers have more friends and higher quality ‘friend support’ than abstainers. They’re also more likely to be married.

…given the extensive history of group drinking – it’s what we do when we come together – it seems likely that drinking in moderation makes it easier for us develop and nurture relationships. And it these relationships that help keep us alive.

—

“Why Alcohol Is Good For You” - Wired Magazine

(TLDR: Some studies show drinking makes you live longer, possibly because people do it in groups.)

I wonder if alcohol is one of the things God gave us as a tangible case study on the principle of moderation.  I know it’s one of the things I enjoy about Anglicanism.  Slainte.

(via hollandmatt)