Fundamentally it's true. You buy it because it contains alcohol no? If you're not after the drug inside, you'll just buy juice or soda. Hammered or buzzed, you

Fundamentally it's true. You buy it because it contains alcohol no? If you're not after the drug inside, you'll just buy juice or soda. Hammered or buzzed, you wouldn't buy it if not for it's mind altering effect. I know vodka is different than whiskey. They even contain different volatiles, which changes the buzz considerably, and the wood esters and things in whiskey are bad for you and give you hangovers.