I don't counsel, but have seen many under the gun for Carry Nation like attitudes arising from Tailhook, and resulting witch hunts on the Club system. Never said alcoholism was good, just over diagnosed and used to destroy good folks like the Judge here. Same evil vociferous intent. My 20+ yrs experience is it is a chance for marginal folks to climb the ladder since it has such command attention.
2 beers in 24 you are good, 3 you're an alkie, think about drinking in 6 months you are an alkie. Not very scientific or person-centric. Just like being questioned about smoking @ 60 when you quit @16. No science, agenda driven like AGW.
Different perspectives. Different data. Later. Enough for now.
It may be projection...
There are literally millions of people who can have 3+ cocktails in a 24 hour period and have no ill effects at all from it. No alcohol problems, no spinning out of control, no uncontrollable drinking, no issues whatsoever. Literally millions.
Some people have problems for sure, but you are correct that this “standard” is much like the global warming farce.