[zetazzed]

Hercule Poirot (in "The Cornish Mystery"): "Hein, the pancreas is nothing. Of the digestive organs, the liver is the key. Look after the liver and life will take care of itself."

(I have cut my alcohol to 2 drinks per week to look after my liver - still looking forward to life taking care of itself!)

[jamiek88]

Funny, i went from the typical culturally alcoholic or at the very least binge drinking Brit to having a drink only when ‘forced’ to by circumstances which equates to one or two pints every few years when I visit Liverpool, my birthplace.

I feel culturally American now though and huge part of that is feeling alienated, pressured and ridiculed when back in the UK because of my refusal of alcohol.

I don’t even talk about it or ‘holier than thou’ about it or even care at all about others drinking but many people back there see it as a personal insult if I choose not to drink. Even if i sneak a Shandy or 0% beer.

So weird to me now but I was fully part of that culture until aged 28. I even remember ‘jokingly’ bullying people into drinking to excess.

I’m now 46 and have been in the USA since 2005 full time.

Three older relatives died of liver disease.

I met one uncle at the pub last month.

He’s yellow.

[quickthrower2]

Yeah the Brit drinking culture is quite insane. Aussie has a bit of that but it is much less.

I used to drink a lot more, but now I find it hard to stand. No buzz just the stupification.

And of course drink is very toxic and will set back all your other goals from good sex, to muscles, weight loss and cognitive function.

[cheschire]

So by "culturally american" do you still do the same thing but just with food now?