| Because they want their coping mechanism to have less stigmatism attached to it. Whether it be cannabis, benzo's, pornography, humour, frenetically posting to internet forums* - almost everyone has some sort of existential angst coping mechanism, it just comes in many forms and they're not all collectively agreed upon. >Why is it so taboo? Because there's a lot of data of bad behaviour as a result of alcohol and lot more other data about physiological changes brought about by long term usage. Most people aren't even reading the word "therapuetic" in your post before replying because we/they've been conditioned to by society to have a hair-trigger response. Truth is relative, what's true for you may not be true for someone else and vice versa. Its mostly everyone being socially conditioned to frown upon alcohol usage whatever the reason, despite being addicted to sugar, technology, porn etc. Also, don't feel the need to apologise for trying to understand something, but also don't deny the facts out there about long term alcohol dependence. * Frenetic posters to internet forums can be trying to force/reinforce their (own) views on social correctness, or can be naively trying to help e.g. Mentioning ashwagandha (which I myself have taken and purchased again recently), it can possibly result in many different side effects and there are no long term studies done [1] (mainly because there's no money in it) despite it being used in other cultures a very long time. [1] https://www.verywellhealth.com/ashwagandha-benefits-side-eff... |