Rethinking Ethanol During COVID
Updated: Apr 1, 2020

Only essential businesses are allowed to stay open in New York due to the COVID measures being put in place. โฃ
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Did you know that includes liquor stores? One of the reasons given for liquor stores remaining open is to prevent the influx of hospital patients detoxing from withdrawal. โฃ
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Most people wonโt have medical detox problems, and a lot of the issues around alcohol are due to ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, not actual physiological issues. โฃ
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If you expect to have problems when you stop drinking, then you will. If you donโt have expectations, then you wonโt have medical detox problems unless you were pounding alcohol on a daily basis or have a rare underlying condition.
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On top of that, one of the news anchors said that people are going to go crazy because they canโt leave their house to get a drink when stressed. โฃ
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๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ? โฃ
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If your life is going to go downhill because you canโt get a drink, then this is a great time to reassess your relationship with alcohol.โฃ
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This pandemic is a fantastic time to reassess our relationship with many autopilot behaviors. Alcohol abuse (not to the point of rare physiological dependence) is a virus in itself that has worn out its welcome in society. โฃ
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