This article is stupid and correlates drinking with health. It does not in any way go to test the theory that "relaxation" time is critical, combined with socia

This article is stupid and correlates drinking with health. It does not in any way go to test the theory that "relaxation" time is critical, combined with socialization. Alcohol is one of those drugs who's withdrawal CAN KILL YOU ALL ON IT'S OWN! In fact if you are 60 and an alcoholic, you will most likely die if you stop drinking from withdrawal alone. There are easily substitute drugs which won't be as intense but still establish similar social benefits (weed is one of those). And Weed doesn't kill you from withdrawal. Going further, let's take the Center for Disease Control's look at things: in 2010, ALCOHOL-impaired driving accounted for 31% of all car-related deaths. 17% of all children's deaths in car accidents are accounted to alcohol-impaired driving. Over half of all child passengers who died were in an alcohol-impaired driving accident. http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impai... Oh yeah, alcohol is good stuff. More of it please.