[Texaggie79]

You simply cannot compare alcohol with hard drugs. It is a different animal. After a certain point with alcohol, the majority of people get sick by the consumption of more. This is not the case with hard drugs. The more you consume, the "happier"/"more energized"/"calmer" you are.

Lying on the bathroom floor next to the toilet is not near as desirable as lying back in extreme pleasure.

[MrLeRoy]

It is a different animal. After a certain point with alcohol, the majority of people get sick by the consumption of more.

In spite of that, many people go right back to the bottle the next day---and that's what makes addiction. You have failed to show that "It is a different animal" in any relevant way.

[tacticalogic]

You simply cannot compare alcohol with hard drugs. It is a different animal. After a certain point with alcohol, the majority of people get sick by the consumption of more. This is not the case with hard drugs. The more you consume, the "happier"/"more energized"/"calmer" you are.

That's a pretty broad generalization. Do you have any kind of source to back it up?

[FormerLurker]

This is not the case with hard drugs. The more you consume, the "happier"/"more energized"/"calmer" you are.

Not so. The more you consume, the closer you get to a lethal overdose. Once that threshold is crossed, it would result in a permanent state of "calmness"...