Four times as many Americans were killed in the past decade in drunk driving accidents than were killed in the Vietnam war. And so's tequila. Personally, I don't drink any more, not since mid-94 or so. Personal embarrassment at the painful and bleary recollections of too many drunken orgies in college. My complete inability to keep secrets when I was drunk.
Alcohol is also a poison.
It slowly destroys your liver and many other organs, bit by bit. Your body reacts to it just like other poisons, by passing it from your system, by vomiting it out of your system, by making you pass out if you are still trying to inject alcohol into your body. The movie Leaving Las Vegas . I don't like the feeling of being out of control. And being around painfully drunk people can be very annoying.