Health - 85-year-old woman who drinks Irish coffee every day for breakfast

[juliotangos]

I once met this lady who is 85 who told me she likes to drink Irish coffee every day for breakfast. I asked her what Irish coffee is, and she told me coffee with gin (or whiskey, if I recall correctly).

I remember thinking to myself, gosh, she should be some kind of alcoholic, but she looked really healthy.

My question is, what benefits could such a drink provide especially for so early in the morning? Is this a drink favored by older people generally?

Anyone else here does so every morning?

[Mammon]

It's got to be whiskey; gin and coffee sounds bloody disgusting.

SWIM never drinks in the morning.

[Nature Boy]

This is known as the "eye-opener". It was very common for people to drink early in the morning in olden days. Small amounts of alcohol balanced with a proper diet and a bit of excercise do not cause health problems in most people. It's still done in parts of the world. Then AA came along and brainwashed everyone into thinking that anyone who drinks before the evening is a raging alcoholic. Go figure.

[Mammon]

Well, in the past people used to drink beer all day everyday. They weren't alcoholics, it was just that water was unsafe because of disease. The beer was pretty weak as well.

[chaton]

I heard, but plz correct me this isn't right, that Queen Mum drank every morning a gin. and she got really old. Does any one know more about the theme, that a bit of alkohol and excercise and a proper diet can halp to live rather long? Would be quite interesting.

[DoDrugs]

hmm...

Swims mom actually told swim about this a while ago...

Actually she even suggested to drink a teaspoon of honey, and then a shot of whiskey or moonshine. She says the honey will attract all of bad bacteria in your system, and then the alcohol will kill it.

Not sure how true that is... This is just old-world stuff, drinking a little bit of alcohol every morning is not bad at all...
and btw, it doesnt make you an alcoholic no matter what anyone says... I mean, its not like ur drinking to get drunk thats different.