It's honestly one of the biggest ills facing society. The roadmap to addiction is severe, and there's really nothing "cool" about it.
While it doesn't necessarily precipitate dysfunction, it definitely greases the wheels, and leads to all manner of things from general assholery to physical abuse to date rape.
Especially in America, where we've stupidly raised the drinking age to 21, which has achieved little beyond promoting binge drinking among teens.
Fuck the doom posting. I'd rather hear about you going on some grand adventure hike than clinking ice cubes to the desperation of your soul.
I'm not for prohibition, but I think people need to check themselves before playing their hand in blackout culture.
I think I hold a pretty similar view. I think soberness or moderate consumption is pretty much always preferable, and it should be promoted among revolutionaries because otherwise it is really hard to do what it actually takes, but we are also subject to all the awful shit that makes people want to not be sober so we have to push people to create some good sober alternatives for group activities whenever possible and not approach it from a shaming or personal blame angle.
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lol fair