Agree with you 100% that prohibition is the wrong approach. It only makes problems worse. I don’t agree with you about alcohol being good for you. The biggest issue with alcohol is that it alters your reality and you can’t really connect emotionally with music or people. The health benefits of true emotional connection are huge. I do drink occasionally but never around people who mean a lot to me or when I am listening to music that resonates with me anymore because I have learned to be present and to connect and its an entirely different and totally wonderful way to live. I used to be only half alive drinking to be social and now that just sounds awful to me anymore.

This is so hard to explain if you haven’t experienced it so I get it if it doesn’t make sense to you.