Consenting Adults Use Alcohol to Enhance Intimay

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i remember some time in my thirties realizing that i had never had a first kiss. Entirely sober, i think i may have used that as a pickup line. If you want to invent a bad way to drink, thatn't be it. There's a reason why you candle light dinners and and wine. You know, there's a really good reason for that. So we've got to keep in mind how responsible consenting adults or using small amounts of alcohol to help enhance this kind this kind of bonding is important.

Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization? The answer, according to Edward Slingerland’s new book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization,” is a resounding yes. Edward, who’s a professor at the University of British Columbia and self-proclaimed “philosophical hedonist,” says that far from being an evolutionary fluke, our taste for alcohol is an evolutionary advantage — one that we’ve relied on for millennia to help us lead more social, creative, and pleasurable lives.