In defense of alcohol

The latest headline grabber is that 30.3 percent of survey respondents said they were dependent on alcohol at some point...And just about a quarter, 24 percent, are ever treated for it...

MY PERSPECTIVE - of the people who think they had a problem with alcohol, ever, a vast majority get over it without intervention! This says to me a) they didn't have a real problem, or b) even a real problem with alcohol is not a big deal. Hate to minimize it for those who have real issues, but my problem here is with the fear-mongering abuse of statistics. It's like anti-drug hysteria - the fear of damage is hurting our country more than the actual damage we prevent.

Note - Savage ran a lot of pro and anti 'surprise marriage herpes' letters fyi
Oh, and I hate to broach a yucky topic, but the bottom of the page also contains "poo finger" solutions. What's odd is in this same column DS notes that you can predict/control when it's not a good time to go there between gay top/bottom men, and says that it's insanely inconsiderate not to inform / avoid. He doesn't raise this issue on the icky finger issue though.