First, alcohol should be used topically only for medical treatment.
Second, getting drunk is simply the result of poisoning oneself, and that is detrimental to our body, so we should avoid it. It destroys our B vitamins and causes cancer, if the newer studies are to be believed (and I do).
Third, it lessens our inhibitions which is a huge societal problem. Sure, not everyone gets shitfaced or even behaves badly when imbibing too much, but the risk is always there and when one looks honestly at societies over the ages, lots of bad things happen when people get drunk. Domestic violence would drop significantly if people didn't get drunk or use hard drugs. I'm not a 'make it illegal' kind of guy, because that simply never works, but educating the population on the negative potential effects should be essential education for young people.
It's good you have outgrown that negative tendency of our cultures. Sometimes, we actually do gain wisdom as we age :-)
Second, getting drunk is simply the result of poisoning oneself, and that is detrimental to our body, so we should avoid it. It destroys our B vitamins and causes cancer, if the newer studies are to be believed (and I do).
Third, it lessens our inhibitions which is a huge societal problem. Sure, not everyone gets shitfaced or even behaves badly when imbibing too much, but the risk is always there and when one looks honestly at societies over the ages, lots of bad things happen when people get drunk. Domestic violence would drop significantly if people didn't get drunk or use hard drugs. I'm not a 'make it illegal' kind of guy, because that simply never works, but educating the population on the negative potential effects should be essential education for young people.
It's good you have outgrown that negative tendency of our cultures. Sometimes, we actually do gain wisdom as we age :-)
Peace be with you, my friend.