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/r

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.