I know very few people who can consistently drink alone, and drink very little. Maybe once or twice a year would be fine, but who does anything with such long f

I know very few people who can consistently drink alone, and drink very little. Maybe once or twice a year would be fine, but who does anything with such long frequency? Rather, I see people who normalize alcohol consumption on a pretty regular scale (2-3 times per week, each day per week, each weekend etc.) and of those, quite a few have a chance to increase their consumption to full on alcoholism IF there isn't some other reasonable constraint. Only drinking socially is such a constraint. I have seen too many people who say: "I am fine to have a shot of this, or a glas of that" when in reality they drink a lot more than that. Edit: That being said, the Hunter S. Thompson full on alcoholism lifestyle is a valid choice. Not everyone needs to be healthy and have a long, productive life or whatever. Some sort of nihilistic, self-destructive Zen philosophy can also be a net positive for the world, especially in the arts. I just personally think it's a choice that leads to a painful, sad and miserable end. The problem is - who really chooses this conciously? As long the author uses flowery language instead of just saying it's alcoholism as a lifestyle, I think something is amiss.