An Alcoholic’s Secret

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People differ. Some are strong and some are weak. This deviation cannot be avoided, but as humans, we are known to compensate. A man without legs? No problem, let’s give him prosthetic legs. Someone with a flu? Let’s give him medicine! These are all truths that we, as a species, can and will continue to do until the end of our lives.

Along these lines, history has taught us that drinking has been part of humanity since ancient times. Some even say that alcoholic beverages was one of the driving factors that created society itself. Well, I couldn’t agree more! Let’s say 80% of the major population drinks alcoholic beverages in a regular basis. That’s around a billion metric tons of alcohol being consumed (this is a rough estimate, forgive me for I hate math, but I do love exaggerating). That’s a lot of drunk of people, don’t you agree? Continue reading