The argument here is that fat people are a burden on the health system.

Alcoholism, heavy drinking in general, is just as much of a burden. You are setting yourself up for serious health issues, short term, and in the long run. I've lost to family members to alcoholism, who convinced themselves and their loved ones it wasn't anything worth worrying about. I'm now watching my father follow the same path.

It's also an issue for those around you. A fat person can stay silent, and go unnoticed. A drunk can't. I'd rather sit next to a sweaty obese person, than a drunk who physically cannot control themselves. (No matter how you've tried to rationalize it, you are not 100% in control of your actions while intoxicated.)

Watching my grandparents, and my own father now, wasting away to alcoholism has made me sensitive to people's behavior. While I don't necessary mind the behavior of my family, as I love them, I'm absolutely disgusted by people who get intoxicated in public. Being a college student, it's hard for me to make friends, as in my generation, getting dicknuts drunk 24/7 is seen as fun... while it's my own personal nightmare.

When you're drunk, you have severely reduced cognitive ability. Drunks are a danger to themselves and to other's. I'm not just talking about drunk driving (which among my age group is seen as so blasé, nothing to think twice about, it's nbd), but because you're mentally incapacitated.

I don't have a lot of room to talk, as I'm a smoker. But I limit my impact on others by not smoking in the presence of anyone but myself, and my boyfriend. You cannot limit your impact. Nicotine does not affect my capacity to control my actions. Alcohol does.

You really can't say that your drinking affects no one other than yourself. That would require the operation of the minds of those around you, including your daughter.