Does what you eat relate to your faith?

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You might want to delete that. It makes absolutely no sense.
 
I know what it stands for. It’s existence does not disprove that only a tiny percentage of people who drink alcohol will get addicted to it.
 
Www.niaaa.nih.gov
The website provides facts and statistics on alcohol abuse in the U.S.A.
I presume we are just going to maybe agree to disagree?
 
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3% of women and 9% for men? 100% of us need to avoid alcohol because a small proportion get addicted, i don’t think so. There are many easy to understand risk factors about why people get addicted, it’s not random.
 
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Fasting exists, it’s hard to do, but you can try it. And, always say grace!
 
Ohhhhh!!! How can one know if they are addicted if they have not even tried it? I understand if alcohol addiction runs in the family, and a person does not want to risk it.
 
Kathleen18 said:
Ohhhhh!!! How can one know if they are addicted if they have not even tried it? I understand if alcohol addiction runs in the family, and a person does not want to risk it.
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Well i wouldn’t try heroin because the addiction rate is far higher than alcohol. It’s accurate to say that one might be wise to avoid alcohol if one already has low self-esteem (as an example of a risk factor) but for the vast majority of the population then it’s not a very addictive substance.
 
I will probably have to study this further. Thank you for the dialogue
 
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I’ll drink to that 😋
 
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I will probably have to study this further. Thank you for the dialogue
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No problem. By far the most fascinating research into alcohol (in my opinion) are whether the effects are biological or psychological. I’m not up to date on my research but there was a study where a bunch of people were given an open bar in a hotel the night before the study was going to take place. Predictably they all got very drunk and did things you might expect. The swerve was that nothing in the bar was alcoholic! It was all placebo designed to look like alcohol. I don’t think that’s been repeated though. Another theory is more like the effects of alcohol on a person are like a change in the make up of a political vote. So imagine you have a bunch of politicians in your head and you ask them to vote on an issue when you are sober. “Should i punch this person who is annoying me?” then the votes come back 550 against, 50 for and you don’t do it. Being drunk is like changing the mix of politicians so now you ask the same question and get a different answer maybe 450 against, 150 for. The result still doesn’t change. But if you were borderline when sober (e.g. 350 for, 250 against) then alcohol might tip the balance. But the important factor is that the predisposition was present before you drank the alcohol.
 
Yeah i am more aiming that comment at those who feel as the person you were originally replying to feel: that’s the may present a temptation to them. Obviously about 1/11 of people feel that way so it is not a blanket prohibition statement, just my thought for those who feel it necessary.
 
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Not eating for 90 days? You’ll not survive.
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That’s not what a “fast” is in Catholicism normally, or for this program.

The program is supposed to be bread and juice for 2 days out of the week and the rest of the week you cut out a bunch of stuff like alcohol, desserts, soda, eating between meals, etc. You rest on Sunday and can have some alcohol or a dessert. I’ve adapted it so I am doing a bread fast on Monday, an “egg and grapefruit day” on Friday (because bread and juice is not a great way for me personally to eat), and following my nutrtitionist-designed low-sugar diet plan on the rest of the week other than Sunday.

Other people are doing other fasts that work for them. One person is doing a liquid only fast on the 2 fast days and other people have fasts based on their medical or dietary needs.
 
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It was 25 years ago, so I’m not worried about lapsing back into a disorder. That’s not going to happen for me. I am more concerned with other people, especially young women, falling into the same thinking patterns I used to have with respect to not eating. And doing harm to their metabolism and health. I used to have terrible anxiety attacks caused in part by not eating.
 
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