Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.
(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)
Alcohol didn’t help you mentally. The socialising did that, not alcohol.
The alcohol enabled the socialising. I feel many of you equate a few relaxing beers with friends with necking a bottle bottle of vodka by yourself just to keep the shotgun from your mouth. I was a nervous, anxious and low-confidence teen. That melted away after a couple of beers and introduced me to a life I wouldn’t have had on my own steam.
I hear you, but easing social anxiety with a drink isn’t the same thing as improving your mental health, no one’s mental health improves from alcohol alone. Alcohol was just a temporary shortcut to lower your inhibitions. The actual value in your life came from the social connections you built, not the drink.
I understand it probably sounds like I’m splitting hairs, but I feel it’s an important distinction to make.