why people are alcoholics?

@xDoubledragon said in #1:

alchohol doesn't even taste good, and I'm like 20 years old.
I don't get the appeal, only time it tastes good is:
mixed with cola or some sugary drink with alcohol.
rest tastes badly
The reason people drink alcohol is quite awkwardly because they want to drink alcohol.

Sometimes also genetics is a factor.

@Dukedog said in #5:

For some I suppose it may be a coping mechanism of some sort.
I've known a few alcoholics in my life and one thing they had in common was that they were not happy people.
Yes, I agree with this. It's rather sad because some people resort to drinking, but it just makes their life worse after they make bad decisions while drunk. Definitely not the best method to cope...

Better than drugs

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832368/

How Beer Saved The World.

@V1g1yy said in #45:

www.imdb.com/title/tt1832368/

How Beer Saved The World.

So we have drunks in space? I'd like to watch that documentary...

@NeuralGnat said in #46:

So we have drunks in space? I'd like to watch that documentary...
It's on Amazon and Youtube. Quite interesting actually. Especially how in Europe in the dark ages, beer was the only drink where the water wasn't contaminated, so the people who drank beer lived, and the people who drank water died of the plague. It's a great show. Check it out.

@V1g1yy said in #47:

It's on Amazon and Youtube. Quite interesting actually. Especially how in Europe in the dark ages, beer was the only drink where the water wasn't contaminated, so the people who drank beer lived, and the people who drank water died of the plague. It's a great show. Check it out.

I guess having liver and brain damage is better than dying, haha. I'll give it a watch.

@V1g1yy said in #47:

It's on Amazon and Youtube. Quite interesting actually. Especially how in Europe in the dark ages, beer was the only drink where the water wasn't contaminated, so the people who drank beer lived, and the people who drank water died of the plague. It's a great show. Check it out.

I've watched about 10 minutes of it, and I'll watch all of it; But so far, I'm not impressed, sorry. It seems to be shaping up as one long, biased, cheesy advertisement for the beer industry.

Well, have a sense of humor, and consider that while it might sound cheesy, it's based entirely in historical facts and chemistry. No known pathogen lives in beer. Can't say that about many other drinks. I especially liked the segment about how people who drank beer lived through the plague because everything they drank had been boiled and fermented. Right down to infants drinking much lower alcohol versions (second runnings they'd call it, and still do), those people survived.

As to any ill effects, it's more or less known that drinking in moderation is a good thing. The key is moderation. I can't speak to things like bourbon and whiskey, I don't drink those. I don't think they're particularly good for you, but to each his own.