My dad (born in 1910) had of cirrhosis of the liver,,, died at age 52.
I was 12 years old when he passed, and the last of 4 children.
My dad had a core group of close friends, about 10-12 REAL close friends.
The ENTIRE group was BIG-TIME drinkers,
a group of4 to 6 of them would get together on Saturday afternoon and play cards (poker).
In 2 hours, they would each drink a quart (YES, it came in quarts, back then) of some sort of whiskey.
Anyways, before I was 17 years old, a total of six of those guys had died of cirrhosis of the liver.
Only one of the 12 made it to age 80,,, they all died of some alcohol related problem,, (diabetes,, etc,,)
I also got to watch what alcohol did to my brother (14 years older than me).
He lost his drivers license,, I was about 20 at the time.
That was a major impact on me. Nothing, especially alcohol was worth loosing my ability to drive.
So, I did drink a little when I was in the US Navy,, (no car at the time),,
luckily, the Navy did not pay us enough to do much drinking.
I got married at age 26, and my wife and I both felt we had other "NEEDS" for our money besides alcohol.
So, in 46 years, I may have consumed 20 cans of beer, most before age 40.
I am not afraid of alcohol, I feel that my youth educated me as to what alcohol can do to your body.
Also, I am more a person that would prefer to buy other things.
Luckily, my wife feels the same way.