Drinking alcohol is good for you, and abstinence is a cause of heart disease and early death?

Instapundit linked to an article by Stanton Peele entitled

The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy.

In it Peele asserts:

The U.S. public health establishment buries overwhelming evidence that abstinence is a cause of heart disease and early death. People deserve to know that alcohol gives most of us a higher life expectancy — even if consumed above recommended limits.

Read the whole thing here.

I haven't had an alcohol drink for many years. I thought I was doing the right thing. Not according to Peele.