Thanks, Wanda, for sharing. Everybody has their own personal reason for consuming or abstaining from alcoholic drinks. For me, it is a profound appreciation of red wines, and occasionally a fresh draft beer (Germany is, after all, the Mekka of beers, and within Germany it's Bavaria, where I'm staying) .

The intention behind my article was to "open the books" on the statistics of risk, to enable readers to come to their own judgements free from the biases that often drive health messages.