This is a really baffling thing to quote (and even more baffling that it has been voted up). Alcoholism is a frigging nightmare for everyone involved, irrespec

This is a really baffling thing to quote (and even more baffling that it has been voted up). Alcoholism is a frigging nightmare for everyone involved, irrespective of culture, and here you are regurgitating some PR nonsense written by an alcohol industry pundit. Go spend some time at the emergency room of any major hospital and see all the PAP's (Pissed And Punched), the MVA's involving alcohol, the people getting their stomachs pumped. They deal with this every weekend. Long term, look up Korsakoff's syndrome. You don't get this mess with, say, coffee or tea.