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only if you overdose, just like pain killers many people assume are OK. Yes, alcohol POISONING causes liver damage and blindness, but not alcohol in itself - you have to overdose first.

I am not going to get into another argument about this, it is not productive. You asked what people do or would do, I replied and said why. Can I now attack your first post and say nose rings are awful? That is what you are doing here; I have researched this and made an informed decision. I do not tolerate drunkenness, but there is NO harm and some benefit in a small amount of wine.

Alcohol doesn't "kill" brain cells. It just makes new cells grow less quickly.

The idea that alcohol destroys brain cells dates back at least as far as the temperance campaigners of the early 19th century, who wanted all alcoholic drinks banned. It has no basis in scientific fact.

Many studiess show that moderate drinking can in fact help congnition. A study in Sweden showed that more brain cells are grown in mice that are given alcohol.

Alcohol abuse does cause serious damager, not least to the brain, but there is no evidence that these problems are to do with the death of cells - it's more likely that alcohol interferes with the working processes of the brain.