I truly believe that if there were no alcohol to be had anywhere in the world that we would all be sober ;)

Drinking in heavy amounts does nothing but hurt your kidneys. If we look at the pros there definitely are. Red whine is good for your heart, beer is good for re hydrating yourself after heavily working out and sweating a lot, vodka is a good way to eh um ... well you get the point. Prohibiting is also not a good idea since it has already been tried, what was the outcome? OUTRAGE. It was like the government had banned haircuts nearly everyone resisted especially the hard working men in the field, the need something to forget their problems rite?

I dunno... there are few things in this world as enjoyable as getting drunk with good friends.

no alcohol= No Alcoholism, not using alcohol as antidepressant, No drunk driving accidents (which means less car accidents).

Very, very different. Many of the products and medicines we use in our everyday lives were developed based off of techniques originally developed for the creation of alcohol. Forget the enjoyability of alcoholic drinks in general, the process led directly to things like pasteurization, the understating of the microscopic world, genetics and many other bio technical fields (I only know this because I had to take a non-physics, and chemistry science and the only course open at the time I needed was Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering).

Well if you're talking about Prohibition, we tried that once, and it turned out to be a bad idea.

"When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognized. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before."

- John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Not sure what I would do while I was fishing....but I can see both sides of this argument I guess, I just happen to like to drink. Alcohol is a poison and a medicine, it'll knock you down then it'll pick you back up.

Cheers to everyone....

"I feel bad for people who don't drink, when they wake up in the morning that's as good as they're going to feel all day" - Winston Churchill

Simply put, alcohol is not the problem, people are. If you're going to get on the topic of addiction than that's something entirely different, but alcohol runs so many components of society that it is just absurd to think of a world without alcohol as a way to improve the human lifestyle. It is very involved in science, involved in society, involved in economies, involved in religions, and involved in governments. (the list goes on and on and on) It is not that we should get rid of alcohol, it's that we should respect it for what it is: a gift.

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This is what the world would be like.

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All the people who think alcoholism is a "disease" would be "cured"; when actually people who are ADDICTED to alcohol won't get their fix.

I forgot to add, there would be more organized crime in smuggling alcohol to different places; bad idea.

I'd loooove it if the world didn't have any alcohol in existance. It's the greatest excuse people have to shut their brains down and it's annoying. Also, I see it as slow suicide, the same for eating disorders; so I'm usually like, "why don't you just go cut your wrists and speed up the process?" (I mostly say it to people in my head though.) :-)

But really, I despise that crap. I think people would find BETTER ways to deal with themselves, like, get therapy, get a better hobby perhaps. And everyone would be happier.

I'm sure that if alcohol didn't exist, another substance would that would have created the same industry with similar benefits and similar problems. But if alcohol were to suddenly disappear, uncountable jobs would be lost, hospitals would be dealing with alcohol withdrawal, many medicines and other products would be obsolete, and parties would be a lot more awkward.

If the alcohol give up to exists people start to rebel and there wouldn't be the peace in our world because alcohol is not the things which helps to enjoy and for a time forget about the problems and just to relax as many think it plays an outstanding role in our life. As sad as to consider the alcohol it is the mostly problem solver for each person sometimes vise versa. For instance you want to get a big deal with influential person for your own definitely aims and you invite him in a good restaurant to have a suitable time and atmosphere for meeting with another influential person to reach the goal.... what do many people mostly do at this situation? how are they act? You have your target and in spite of all it is really important to you need to achieve it and of course you need to offer him the goblet of expensive wine for him to understand the respect from you. The alcohol the organizer of suitable and appropriate piece of supporting things which never betray you at situation like this and of course it leads to the agreement of both sides. According to the experience in history the good agreement between people made after drinking the glass or more of alcohol.

I think it would be a better world because there would be less fatal car accidents.

The world would be a better place.

Think of all the people that would still be alive.

Think of all those drunk drivers.

Think of all money alcoholics spend in a year.

Think of all the children that will eventually become alcoholics.

Less people would be homeless.

Less people would get divorced.

Should I stop here or should I keep going?