WHO says no booze til you hit Menopause ..... AS IF!

I drank alcohol from the age of 15 til about 18 or so. Weekends only, but not to the point of not remembering what I’d done. I only vomited twice from it, and the second time is when I decided to stop. I hate vomiting and I hate not having control of my body and mind. So since the age of about 18, I might have one or two drinks per year, or none at all. Depends on the year. And I still got bc at the age of 39. Both my sisters continued drinking throughout the years, even weekdays sometimes. One of them went through a period of drinking almost every day. Neither have gotten bc or any other serious illness (and I sincerely hope they don’t). That doesn’t mean I’m now going to hit the bottle and go crazy. I don’t drink cos I don’t like or need alcohol. But I’m not sure that it actually is connected in any way. Over 100 replies on a fb bca page, in response to this question, showed that most women (who responded) were not regular drinkers or had never drank in their life, yet still got bc. Drinking heavily is not good in general for the body or mind. It should be done in moderation. But to suggest women should not drink at all cos they need to bear children or to avoid bc seems excessive, unfair and ridiculous to me. We’re adults, and should know when to or not to drink, take drugs, have intercourse with strangers or whatever. If we start with the drinking then eventually it will continue on to other things as well, until women become slaves again. I think the WHO is in need of a reboot. 

I thought the idea of beginning to drink alcohol at menopause when the risk of breast cancer (female, over 50) is higher doesn’t sound like good advice either! Who would begin alcohol at that age if you’ve lived a life as a teetotaller. 

To be scrupulously fair, it’s the WORLD Health Organisation. In some cultures, the amount of time a woman of child bearing age spends when she is not at risk of pregnancy, pregnant or breastfeeding isn’t all that long!! But then again, you won’t find a doctor who will tell you alcohol is good for you! 

Good luck to them getting that message across 

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You have to laugh at the whole idea.  Saw that on the news and whilst I did not drink any alcohol in early years I still could not have kids anyway ......

As far as I understand, it’s an extension of thinking - if you shouldn’t drink when pregnant (generally accepted as wise), you shouldn’t drink any time when you could be pregnant! As someone said, it smacks a bit of treating a woman purely as a vessel for motherhood (handmaids unite!). A bit of proof reading might have helped!