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# Friday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/21765/
- Published: 2011-10-28T06:51:04.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-28T06:51:04.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Essay, #wpChunk

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sitting-Around-Drinking-with-the-Rest-of-the-Guys-227x300.jpg "Sitting Around Drinking with the Rest of the Guys")

*Just sittin' around drinkin' with the rest of the guys/Six rounds bought, and I bought five*. Roger Miller. Possibly my favorite song lyric of all time.

BYCU

How long can I survive on beer alone?

"Not more than a few months, probably. That's when the worst effects of scurvy and protein deficiency would kick in. (Liver disease is a serious risk of chronic alcohol use, but it takes longer to arrive.) If you kept to a strict beer diet–and swore off plain water altogether–you'd likely die of dehydration in a matter of days or weeks, depending on the strength and volume of beer consumed. There's plenty of water in beer, of course, but the alcohol's diuretic effect makes it a net negative in terms of hydration under most conditions."

[Link](http://www.slate.com/articles/news%5Fand%5Fpolitics/explainer/2011/04/how%5Flong%5Fcan%5Fyou%5Fsurvive%5Fon%5Fbeer%5Falone.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).