Empathically, yes we all end up in the ground but the way there can make a big difference and you may only really regret it when it's too late to do something a

Empathically, yes we all end up in the ground but the way there can make a big difference and you may only really regret it when it's too late to do something about it (general you, not you personally - occasional drinking is far less hazardous than being an alcoholic). My father is now 76 and smoked, ate badly and did no excercise his whole life. He knew it was bad for him and started seeing the effects for decades, but had the same attitude as above. Right now, and for the past several years, his life can be fairly described as "would have been better off dead" because of the health implications of such choices. I'm not exaggerating for the sake of argument, I would literally prefer to commit suicide if I was in that situation (he is no longer capable of doing that). So yes everyone should make their own choices & you may end up like Churchill rather than my father, but seeing the effects first hand that there's a (likely) fate worse than death convinced me to never take that sort of attitude lightly.