Active preaching of alcohol, this is the dumbest advice I’ve ever heard, maybe just after some people preaching for pornography. A drunk you is objectively not any better than a sober one, rather far worse. You have one life, don’t waste it.
I do think drinking is great, but part of it is finding what amount you're comfortable with. It's also a skill that needs to be developed. Just saying no and not even trying it... I feel bad for these people people bc they're missing out on a lot
For context I drink maybe once every couple of weeks - unless it's a particularly social period of my life. I find this a good medium for me
This is not without correlation.
Between drunk drivers, abused spouses and abused children there is a ton of alcohol related misery. For me personally none of the positive effects of alcohol begin to offset those. Not everybody is able to deal with addictive substances in a responsible way.
I'm perfectly ok with other people drinking (as long as they don't negatively impact others), I just saw the generalization above and figured I would contribute a slightly different point of view.
Modernity sucks.
The social drinking is about grabbing a drink or two, either solo or friends, to let yourself loose a bit. It’s about temporarily changing your attitude towards your environment, maybe cracking a couple of silly jokes. Maybe sitting at a beach or a park, watching sunset while listening to your surroundings.
Moderation is the key when it comes to mind-altering substances. Obviously it’s easier to say, but if super-majority of your experiences are positive, it is ok to suffer from some mild bad experiences (agonizing hangovers a couple of times a year).
Sorry, I didn’t mention that my religion prohibits the use of any and all mind altering substances. So it’s not possible for me to drink in moderation either. I’m glad for this restriction I choose to obey. I’d rather have me control me at all times rather than some altered version of myself.
Do you think there was any point anywhere in history where people weren’t enjoying drinking together?
FFS one of the miracles of the founding religion of our society is about a guy turning water into alcohol at a party! And that was thousands of years ago!
It’s rather that those who regularly drink can’t enjoy themselves without drinking when the time for a fix comes. It’s an addiction, even if withdrawals are less noticeable due to normalization of drinking and the regularity of the act for most people.
Actually no.
> and mental capabilities such as memory reduced,
OK
> To do and say things you normally wouldn’t.
Again - not really. I'm giving you 1 out of 3.