[hnnewguy]

>The reality is a bit more depressing

I'm glad you're able to identify "reality" and explain it to the rest of us, wandering around in a fog.

>A social life that revolves around doing positive things - fitness, creativity, learning.

My social life revolves around fitness, creativity, learning and some occasional social drinking the inevitably ends up being a good time with people I love. None of those things are precluded by drinking.

Between the comments here and on the sports article a few weeks back, I've learned this community is oddly concerned about and sometimes nasty towards things other people might happen to find enjoyable, and enjoy explaining how they're "wrong".