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Old 11-30-2015, 08:00 AM
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Juno11
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Thanks, Grizzly! Yeah, I'm fine with the terms "non-drinker" , "light drinker" and "moderate drinker" because they are all descriptive and mean something.

I'm not fine with "normal drinker" because it implies there is some sort of objective standard out there that is "correct." I'm even more not fine with using "normal person." We're all normal here. We all have different issues and problems to deal with in life. No sense labeling ourselves as "abnormal" people (by default, the opposite of normal). I just hate the word normal overall. I have a son with high functioning autism and I would be really offended if someone ever used the term "normal" with regard to people who don't have autism. I feel the same about alcohol issues.

Okay, now onto more productive issues....
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