wow, thats a really valid point. Alcohol does nothing for me and to the contrary, I have never appreciated nor liked alcohol; but I've always been the oddball.

I thank you for writing this so that I too may be mindful that what's easy for me to ignore - is the vice that "could be or has been" destroying their life.

I'm so with you -- I hate how alcohol and cigarettes are so normalized, but marijuana is the true "dangerous substance?!" SMH....

Great writing. Thank you Michele for sharing...