I can think of many people that have received expensive drunk driving convictions and jail sentences, traffic accidents and resulting injuries, people that have had trouble at work from absenteeism, been fired for drinking on the job, gotten into fistfights, marital problems, getting behind in bill paying, cirrhosis of the liver and much more as a result of their friendship with John Barleycorn and I am hard pressed to quickly come up with any redeeming examples. And these aren't minors that I am thinking about.