I think the key difference is that alcohol has a stimulant effect on alcoholics and a depressant effect on others.
when I settled down to have a few quiet beers on a saturday night, after 4 or 5, wild horses couldn't keep my ass on that couch.
I was out to see the world. Cause I felt absolutely bloody marvellous .... top of the world Ma.
Normies, have a few drinks after work or on a saturday and it relaxs them, then they go to bed.