[The Probabilist]

I've noticed that Steve hasn't addressed his stand on alcohol very significantly through his blog posts and this goes for forum entries by various users as well. So even though it is a very significant part of today's society, maybe we could get a thread going on each person's standpoint on the issue when it comes to weighing pros and cons.

On my blog I posted an entry of new years habits and one of them is entirely removing alcohol from my consumption. To this point in time I've been consuming alcohol once or twice per month and I'd have to say that I enjoy the time out. But my liver doesn't share the same perspective.

Those who are familiar with MBTI and the science of Carl Jung are aware of the concept that alcohol (and stress) brings out the least dominant, 4th function of our personality traits. For instance, I'm a very introverted and intuitive person and once I consume alcohol I become extremely talkative and sensory. As a result, the next day I spend most of the time alone to recuperate from the overload of behaving against my dominant functioning.

Then there are the negative sides of alcohol that we're all aware of. Perhaps you could all share some of the experiences you've encountered that happened due to the influence of alcohol. Are there actually any really lasting and powerful positive results that have happened or are there only really powerful negative sides to it, like accidents and damaged relationships?