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Expert: Robert Borucki - 11/4/2009
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My husband drinks four to five beers five days out of the week every week.He does not drink on the weekends most of the time.I have shown concern for the long term effects of this.My question is should this be a health concern or not?
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how much is too much? the old joke is, more than their doctor drinks....
If someone has no problems with alcohol, a beer or two a day is healthy, no downside.
4-5 most days is excessive. One big worry is a lot of dead calories.. The other is... does he use the alcohol to self medicate anger, anxiety, depression. Does he have a problem if he doesn't drink?
If alcohol is no big deal to him... then you could ask him to have zero alcohol for a couple of months and see how he feels... if he can't do that.... then maybe there is a problem. This is always a hard subject because he will get defensive and/or angry.
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