I will add that the Scriptures do not consider "bee poop" (honey) to be always bad either; though it does speak against its overconsumption -- just like booze.

Of course, for the sake of optimal health and to avoid being a slave to fleshly appetites, it's best to keep those things out of one's diet for the vast majority of the time.

The purer and harder the liquor, the better.

It's still literally poison lol.

Yeah, that's true. It's heart disease over the counter. It's a horrible truth. Unfortunately it's so accepted and woven into the cultures that it's overlooked/ignored.

I'm not dummy. I know the risks.

I have a regular who has stopped coming to the bar because he has early onset congestive hrset failure. It's really sad.

With anything in life you have to find a balance.