I've seen it said that your date of death (if natural) is somewhat set in stone by genetics, but the condition you'll spend your final years in will be the result of your lifestyle instead. So living to excess will fuck you up in your later years but won't necessarily kill you any sooner.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh no. My grandmother is 92 and my grandfather is 93 and my great grandfather passed at 102.

I don't know if I want to live that far. I better start drinkin'.

[–] 123@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think the point of the comment you replied to was that you will live until said ages potentially, but the quality of life in the last decade or so will be very poor. Growing up in a society where men drink a lot more than women (at least in my grand parents generation) I can tell you that you will likely also die from alcohol abuse sooner (generally heart attack or diabetes, but that last one also has genetic accelerants), but it is true that the last few years are not pretty.

Edit: when abusing alcohol heavily.

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