I got older and found out I was more sympathetic to prohibitionist than I thought.

Alcohol is wild. And it blows my mind how its common that the biggest consumers are 18-30 year olds who barely have any self control. So many lives cut short by bad decisions from a single night.

There’s so much fake bro science surrounding alcohol, too. “Alcohol won’t change who you are, it will just make bring out the real person.” Sorry bros, but alcohol has a profound physiological and psychological impact over time when consumed in large quantities, and for many people it’s inevitable that they will consume ever increasing quantities over time due to its highly addictive properties and the fact that it’s one of the only drugs that can actually kill you in the withdrawals. I’d categorize it with the hard drugs like opioids and benzos.

This is really present in my mind right now because I quit drinking in 2017, and I recently feel like I’ve lost one of my closest discord buddies to alcohol. He had a vibrant server that I modded, but he’s gotten blazing drunk and burned it all down. I know it’s the alcohol because I recognize the pattern and behavior – that was me. I’ve lost a brother to alcohol. He’s technically still alive, but not really. Not really there anymore at all.

I stick to things like weed and coffee. Alcohol sucks donkey ass. I’ve never seen a good thing come from alcohol.

yea drinking sucks ass

No, you’re right. Although some people just get sweet and adorable. But most drunk I’ve seen were rather embarrassing or just dangerous. Or both.

Well it is/can be. But how high on any drug would you have to be to kill your own son over a game? Also he had enough sense to run away later, meaning he was aware of what he did.

I’ve gotten drunk many times and never gotten anywhere close to killing someone. Maybe the problem isn’t alcohol but bad personalities.

All theses UP posts are not really news any more than Casey Anthony was news.