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For some people it acts as a social lubricant. For others, usually people with particular difficulties or stresses in their lives, it acts as an amplifier for s

For some people it acts as a social lubricant. For others, usually people with particular difficulties or stresses in their lives, it acts as an amplifier for some of the worst things people can do. A lot of those people also claim they only use it as a social lubricant. Maybe if we could eliminate all the things that make people drink to extreme excess, or drink when it's dangerous, this would be a fun little quirk of the human species but as it is a huge amount of harm is correlated with heavy drinking and I think if you've only ever seen and understood the good side you are a very very lucky person.

Joker_vD 5y ago
It's not even a social lubricant! The social lubricant is actually approaching the people and talking with them. All the alcohol does is makes you less scared/restrained of doing that (and less scared/restrained in general, yeah). Well, I can personally confirm that you can just as well train yourself to consciously overcome this specific restraint which is also a rather useful skill in itself. Sure, it takes work and effort but all things that don't "come to you naturally" require that. And if where talking about cases of actual psychic illness, carefully chosen prescription drugs even when imperfect always beat self-treatment with alcohol.