Comments by "JLH" (@Kyarrix) on "What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain u0026 Health" video.

@michelerenem Why do you feel it is appropriate to be unpleasant and judge someone for what you perceive to be their lack of a drinking problem? Each of us is different. It could be that for her two drinks a week was enough to have an effect. Why did her comment irritate you so much that you felt you had to respond to shut her down? What about it bothered you so much? It's great that the video offered information that caused her to make a positive change in her life. That is a good thing. Instead you responded unpleasantly and scolded her for daring to speak about her experience because you didn't deem it sufficient. Who made you the judge of how bad something has to be to warrant positive change? I've read where you responded to someone else, you said that you drink a whole bottle of wine and that you have a real problem and she doesn't. Is it your belief that only those with what you judge to be real problems have the right to comment? This comment section is for everyone. You should be celebrating the fact that someone else avoided a more serious problem. She feels better, that's a good thing not something to scold or judge.
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@5222k Wasn't there enough in the video for you to find something positive to take instead of making fun of someone for enjoying wine and taking classes on it? Wine is a topic of study. People take classes on wine tasting, the different kinds of grapes and how they can be combined, the different processes, how different types of soil and elevation affect wine, how different kinds of wood used in the casks affects the flavor of the wine and many, many other facets of growing the grapes, making and drinking the wine. People enjoy getting serious about topics they find interesting. For coffee lovers there is no end of interest in different kinds of beans, different ways to make espresso or brew coffee, people can spend hours talking about very small distinctions. Do you make fun of everyone for any interest? You might not have known that wine is a serious subject for many people. I don't get it because I don't like wine it but I love coffee and I'll spend time trying different kinds of coffee beans, tinkering with the grind setting on my espresso machine and trying different accessories. If someone isn't interested in espresso the time I spend on learning about good coffee might seem ridiculous. Does that mean they should respond as you did with a bunch of emojis and laughter? The fact that you don't share an interest doesn't mean laughing at it is right. People can learn about wine at university, enology is the study of wine making (I just looked it up, I wasn't familiar with the term so responding wasn't a waste of time, I learned something!) The point I'm trying to make is that taking time to mock someone for learning about something isn't useful or kind. Yes, people spend years learning about wine. People geek out about different topics and that's a good thing, it makes us all different and strange and interesting.
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@michelerenem When you say that only those with a real problem should comment you are ignoring the fact that we are all different. What constitutes a real problem for one person might not be a problem for another. The professor went over this. Each person has a different response to alcohol that is in part genetic and in part based on their exposure. You said that you drink more and because of that your tolerance may be higher. For a very light or non-drinker, learning about wine and starting to drink two or three times a week could have a significant effect. The video isn't only intended for heavy drinkers. Chronic drinking doesn't have to be heavy drinking. It can be two or three glasses of wine a week, the point is that it is consistent and the person you are responding to said that they had started to drink every week consistently. The fact that your problem is different doesn't invalidate theirs. I understand that from the perception of someone who drinks a lot someone else talking about two glasses of wine seems minimal. Why not instead be glad that she didn't reach the point of drinking heavily? Don't compound your drinking problem with a lack of compassion for others. The fact that she wanted to improve her life and feel better is valuable. You said that you have a problem with alcohol, you should be glad that someone else saw that alcohol was having a negative effect on them and acted before it got worse. For what it's worth, I understand the impulse to be irritated at something that seems like a lesser problem. I also fail at patience in this regard and have to work at it
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 @happytravels2480 Well said and far more succinct than my responses!
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Somebody told me to watch this video based on my statement that one drink a week or one drink in a couple of weeks is not an issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't heard anything in this video to contradict what I thought prior to watching it. If you are someone who goes months without drinking and then has a drink and then doesn't drink for another 2 weeks then has a drink then doesn't drink anything for another 3 weeks, that kind of extremely rare drinking is not an issue based on my belief and the video. Maybe they misunderstood because I talked about very light drinking and for many Americans very light drinking can be five or six times a week.
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@mathias5578 Thank you for the thoughtful response. I can't drink two or three drinks at one time, I don't like the way it makes me feel. Men can generally drink more than women, I assume you are male, I am not. For me it is a definite one drink limit. I am trying to maintain keto or close to keto most of the time. I probably eat slightly more than 25g net carb most days but I do not eat any processed foods, white flour or white sugar (very, very occasionally I might have some). I try to incorporate a good amount of vegetables in addition to limited fruit in the form of blueberries, blackberries and kiwis for potassium. My idea of a drink is an ounce and a half (about a shot) of espresso infused vodka over a tall glass of crushed ice. Then I add an ounce to an ounce and a half of heavy cream. The resulting drink is very cold and creamy and it takes about an hour to drink. It's kind of a replacement for ice cream. An ounce and a half of this vodka is low in alcohol and has no added sugar. I might have it once a week? But then sometimes I'll go for months without having any. It's more a dessert. I don't like beer or wine, I don't like how they taste or smell. Amaretto is good but it has added sugar so I stay away from it. If I notice that I have had two drinks in a week I won't have any for the next week. It's interesting that you mentioned sleep. Initially I thought that part of your comment was wrong but then I noticed last night that I didn't sleep as well and I did have a drink last night. I'm not sure if it was the power of suggestion but it is something to take into consideration because I am engaged in physical therapy and its important for me to get good restorative sleep. Perhaps it's time to stop having any. Or decrease the frequency even further. The amount I drink is barely sufficient to even cause that slight relaxation but it is nice to have sometimes.
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