Two years ago I would agree with you. I would have said something like this: Alcohol can have a perfect balance that makes it suitable for any situation, whereas other drugs can be great in some situations, but horrible in others. For example, LSD is one of the best substances for introspection and when alone or a small group, but probably not the best thing to go party with. I find this in most of the other substances I've tried also. They have great qualities in one area, but are lacking in another. Alcohol isn't GREAT in any area, but it's good in all. That's why it is, and always will be, the most popular drug.

But. After the partying stops and your crazy, but fun, youthful memories get further and further away, when life begins to get real and all your friends start to get those scary adult jobs and those dreadful hellspawns called kids, you start to find your relationship with alcohol changing. You miss the days where you would go out every weekend to a strangers house with all your closest friends, get drunk, do something stupid, find a random girl, ...have fun. Some people can leave this behind and go on to adapt with the new stages of their life. Others carry it with them secretly for what seems like an eternity. You begin to say, "fuck people, I don't need a room full of them to have a good time, I can do it by myself." You begin to make a bottle, an empty house, and your own thoughts the party. But this is FUN, right? Your new found style suffices for a while, but then you start doing it every night because real life is boring. You look forward to it. No, you obsess about it. You finish your duties at work as quick as you can, you schedule around it, you lie for it, just so you can go home to the rager of a party your about to have, the FUN you're about to have. But then your party leaves the house. You get cocky. You want to make everyday life more exciting, so you not so slyly take your best friend out of the house and into everyday life. The rules of society weren't exactly made to accommodating solo day drinking. So consequences begin to come. It becomes hard to distinguish your sober self from your drunk self. but this is FUN, right? You've now lost almost all relationships, self respect, and sense of self. The problem is staring you in the face, you know what it is, you know you can get help for it, you know you can have a successful life and meet your potential if you address it, but you refuse because this is what fun is... right?