[pacificmaelstrm]

Physical damage is not the only kind of damage.

I'd be more concerned with psychological damage.

People who drink alcohol typically don't go around telling people they communed with entities from another dimension and they realized that all of existence is one harmonious unity.

Or whatever.

[Xymist]

Is that so bad by comparison, though? Assuming a "serious effects" dosage (i.e. not a microdose and not a single whisky shot) I'd rather spend a while dealing with machine elves or considering the universe a glorious and meaningful harmony than being miserably dizzy and puking in a bucket. I'm not anti-alcohol, but as drugs go it's not exactly the most entertaining experience on offer.