tormented:
I agree totally. I would say we are a little sensitive to the topic of alcohol because of our personal experience with it and the negative effects of it.
But i've said before that we live in a society (and a world?) that enables drinking/addiction. You make a good point about the waitress offering you a drink when it's obvious you're the designated driver at the table. And I envision a society someday that treats alcohol the same way we treat smoking. Nicotine addiction may cause health problems, but alcohol does that and more by destroying souls and the souls of families who live with it as well as criminal issues with vehicular deaths/maimings, etc. Nicotine addiction, as far as i know, does not do any of those things...
I could go on. i'm sure others will come with different angles on it.