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Thoughts. Will this affect your alcohol habits?
(I have not read the article throughly yet…)
I drink very little. A full “glass” of something less than the number of fingers I have annually. I think about my kids though. They have embraced alcohol - beer, cocktails, wine - much more than H or I ever did.
I didn’t send the article to them though - not yet. 
I have always considered any substance that can impair me to be bad for me. I drank a lot more when I was younger, even though I knew that it wasn’t healthy. My use declined as I matured. This study does not change anything for me. Anything that isn’t healthy needs to be used in moderation or avoided altogether if health is a concern.
That said, I know people who have had those cancers who didn’t drink, and people who have not had those cancers despite drinking. For me, the information is good to know but won’t keep me from enjoying an alcoholic beverage from time to time.
This. 
There are so many “don’t do this” articles that link things to disease and death. Wait a few years and we’ll be back to wine being good for us.
“Get busy living, or get busy dying.”
~Andy Dufresne
Don’t disagree that there are many “do’s and don’t” articles re: health and what we eat/drink.
But the surgeon general’s warning on labels? That would be an extra strong warning/step.
What else besides cigarettes has this warning??
Plastic bags. Apparently they are not toys, and can cause suffocation.
I started using an app “Sunnyside” two years ago to track and regulate my drinking habits. It was eye opening. I decided I didn’t want to be a person who drank that much. I will enjoy the occasional glass of wine or a cocktail now but it’s not the inevitable conclusion of the day.
I hope to live a long time, but there are no guarantees. If you enjoy a glass of wine or what have you, enjoy. If you find yourself wondering when you’re going to be able to have your next drink, maybe take a look at your drinking habits. Life is short.
It’s very challenging to figure these sorts of things out.
First, most of the information is based on epidemiological data. It’s very challenging to control for other associated, but unseen variables.
Second, cancer isn’t the only thing to be concerned about. Studies should focus on all cause mortality, not just a single disease.
Third, most studies focus on relative risk, without putting things into context of absolute risk. If something doubles your risk, but it takes it from infinitesimally small to double infinitesimally small, does it even matter?
Last, and most importantly, there’s a ton of emphasis placed on what we place in our bodies, and not nearly enough on what we do with them. Exercise is like a magic potion, but gets little encouragement. You can’t sell a walk.
I’m doing dry January. If I die in January I’m going to be pissed.
I didn’t read the article, but I don’t think I drink enough that it is a problem. I tend to drink in spurts. For instance on NYE and NYD, I had three drinks. Before that, I hadn’t had a drink since a wedding in September. Let me know whether I am deluding myself that that level of drinking is no big deal.
I drink here and there. But not much at all. Not a drink a week even. If I have some Chicago deep dish pizza I will have a beer with that. I think the pizza will kill me before the beer does 
I don’t drink. At my age, there’s plenty of other things to die from 
News won’t change anything I do.
Maybe now my sister will finally get off my back and stop pressuring me to drink alcohol once a day. Hope springs eternal. LOL.
I actually thought we were supposed to drink wine in moderation, i.e. that it was healthier than zero alcohol. Is this not true?
Maybe, maybe not. That’s the trouble with epidemiology…squishy science.
Personally, I drink for one reason, I enjoy it. Six a week, almost never more than two in a day.
In the end, I think that study was funded by an alcohol company.
I have never had a drink, and never will, but I don’t preach about that because there are plenty of other vices (like pizza!) that will probably catch up with me.
I wonder what percentage of doctors drink? LOL!
I’m to the point that I don’t care anymore what the studies say. I hate the way alcohol tastes. And I’m tired of people pressuring me to drink. If I were an alcoholic, people would have no problem with me not drinking.
Yes, I think that’s fine. I wasn’t talking about social pressure, just that I thought I remembered reading in one of the “health letters” (Consumer Reports or Tufts or something) about wine being healthy in moderation.
I don’t much like how alcohol tastes, but at about age 35, I started liking small amounts of red wine, particularly with desserts like really dark chocolate brownies. I also found that I liked Irish beer when we traveled to Dublin, though I really had never liked beer in general. Maybe these experiences can open suggestions from people who know more about alcohol than I do, of things that might be tasty.
By way of solidarity with the nondrinkers, my FIL once made a pitcher of I think daquiris (? someone can correct me) and I thought it was limeade and then drank some and thought, omg that limeade is spoiled!