Originally Posted by
Steadwell 
After going through detox for the last 3 days, definitely "hating" alcohol as well as the entire industry associated with it! This feeling is not just because of the last experience, either. The industry prefers practicing alcoholics as opposed to alcoholics in recovery. It's all about capitalistic greed. May or may not be a healthy stance, or a popular one, but it is what it is.
But isn't
all industry about "capitalistic greed?" Isn't the whole point of running a business to make a profit? If you're expecting altruism from for-profit corporations, then maybe you're looking in the wrong place?
The absurdity of a system that provides profit-making opportunities both in getting people to drink and in helping them recover from being drunk might make for interesting debate fodder at the café, but it has little to do with getting or staying sober, IMO.
My motivation for getting sober ultimately had little to do with how much I "hated" or "loved" alcohol. It was simply the right thing -- and the only thing -- to do.