lubricating life

"But a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren't entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers."

somebody coulda screwed up their data, but it's a lovely thought anyhow --- i'm a believer in a couple of glasses on a daily basis, medicinally of course, and not for pleasure ---