Baalzamon on 25 June 2011
| Jumpin said: None of the above. I drink simply as a mood and social enhancer. Not everyone who drinks is a raging alcoholic. The vast majority of people aren't. |
You are right, not everyone is a raging alcoholic. But more people are classified as alcoholics than you may think. If we look at just Americans, the numbers I'm seeing indicate ~7-8% of Americans are alcoholics (Over 20 million). Considering only 67% of American adults (18 years and older, ~150 million people) drink alcohol. If we exclude minors, and assume the full 7-8% are adults, that would mean 13.3% of people who consume alcohol are alcoholics. Now, I'm sure minors would constitute a portion of the alcoholics, but the point still gets across that a pretty big portion of people are actually alcoholics.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
