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Ethanol is so absurdly addictive that trying to quit can literally kill you. Heroin? You'll just wish you were dead. It's dangerous enough that ethanol relat
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Ethanol is so absurdly addictive that trying to quit can literally kill you. Heroin? You'll just wish you were dead. It's dangerous enough that ethanol related death is the number one cause of death in some modern countries, before even heart disease.
Yet most of society would hesitate to label having a beer "bad use". Why? Probably because we're used to it, it's not a boogyman.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Alcohol_withd...
- derleth 15y agoOK, drinking alcohol is bad. I don't. What now?
- burgerbrain 15y agoYou misunderstand me. Ethanol is not bad. Very rarely are substances at all actually bad. Addiction is bad. In the case of common substances such as ethanol, society at large is generally pretty good at separating the two concepts, but when the substance becomes somewhat more obscure people freak the shit out for no apparent reason.