Midway through one of the booziest holiday weekends of the year, we re-examine our love-hate relationship with alcohol. Susan Dominus, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, gets to the bottom of the conflicting guidance on the benefits and risks of drinking. Guest: Susan Dominus, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.
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From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kitrowev, and this is the Daily midway through one of the booziest holiday weekends of the year, we re examine our love hate relationship with alcohol.
Today my colleague Susan Dominus on how bad or not drinking is for you.
It's Friday, July 5, so you and I are both here to discuss our relationship to alcohol, a topic that I think endlessly fascinates us because for the past several decades, we've gotten conflicting guidance on the benefits and risks of drinking.
And you, sue, you decided to finally get to the bottom of it.
Thank you.
Well, I tried.
I mean, I think a lot of people do have a lot of confusion.
I know that I feel that way.
My friends and I are talking about it all the time, and I was very happy to have the opportunity to actually look at it journalistically.
I'm curious what it was that made you head down this journalistic path.
You know, about a year ago, I have a dear friend, and I kept saying to her, hey, let's get together for a drink.
How's next Tuesday?
And she was a little bit evasive.