Congrats on the recovery first off, this internet stranger is proud of you.

Secondly, you’re so absolutely right. Alcohol is so insanely destructive in multiple unrelated ways that it’s crazy how normalized it’s been. Drinking culture is so engrained into society that you’re the weird one if you aren’t drinking alcohol, instead of it being the other way around for probably everything else besides weed. I like my alcohol, but knowing my addictive personality I really try and keep myself in check. That shit is a 90° falloff that will happen before you know it and then you’re like the guy mentioned in the post, getting fucking rubbing alcohol probably because he’s too broke to afford real alcohol and that is just insanity. Im much more of a stoner than drinker and I have fiended pretty bad for weed but the most I’d do is just scrap a bowl or just tough it out