Liquor has caused more death and destruction than smoking ever has or will
(No I don’t smoke, but I don’t think it’s fair to criminalize smokers so and shrug off drinkers)
I absolutely agree. I also grew up in an alcoholic household with an angry drunk for a father, and alcohol was a part of daily life for him. On family vacations, he’d be drinking beer the entire two weeks as he drove cross-country. He was a functional alcoholic, but it was not a tranquil childhood. I have had my own problems with drinking too much after a divorce, and my current wife nearly died from too much daily vodka after a crappy childhood of abuse. I still love the taste and effect of alcohol, but have slowed way way way down. I used to drink heavily, now I have maybe six cocktails a month. Many months no alcohol at all, I just don’t want the effects that it brings with age.