My alcoholic friend thinks he’s doing his body a favour by drinking beer instead of whiskey lol. Alcohol is alcohol. It’s all the same once it gets broken down by your body (into acetaldehyde) and has likely been a problem long before distillation was discovered (wine has been around for thousands of years). I don’t think an occasional beer or wine is going to kill someone necessarily but they’re all the same once they go down the hatch. I also don’t think it’s harmless either though.
Alcoholism has likely been a bane on humans/ human culture since it’s discovery.
I used to be a heavy drinker myself and I’ve known plenty of heavy drinkers. I’ve heard all the rationalizations and excuses in the book.
Now that I don’t drink much if at all anymore (don’t think I’ve had a drink since like April) and haven’t drank much for years before that, I can’t even stand to be around people when they’re drunk ( play my song, watch this video, sing very loud, etc… 
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@NewfieGreenThumbs Btw this rant wasn’t necessarily directed at you just the whole beer thing reminded me of my friend and was bouncing my thoughts off a few other things. Not calling you an alcoholic or anything lol.