Alcohol Explained (William Porter's 'Explained')

The hard part is going against groupthink, the herd mentality of our alcohol-saturated culture. After all, alcohol is the only drug on earth you have to justify not taking.

opened a well of fear in my chest that felt bottomless and I drank to fill it, to escape it, to numb it. I drank because I felt I had no choice and because I didn’t know what else to do. I drank without thinking.