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Yes, let me try this rephrase.  The average American who currently drinks casually in social settings may be behaving so because they think everyone else is drinking and this would be considered normal behavior.  Sharing a statistic that nearly half of American do not drink regularly (as defined by the CDC) shows that it is also normal behavior to go out and not drink.

I think this is a positive reinforcement for not drinking.  On the other hand, I would say warning people they should not drink because there is a 14% chance they may become an alcoholic is negative reinforcement, which could lead to backlash or otherwise be questioned.  It could be questioned if occasional drinking is the sole and direct cause for alcoholism.  Rather, most cases probably arise from a combination of drinking and genetic prevalence, family influence, social norms, body type, stress triggers, and other factors.  This could open the door to people deciding such scenarios don't apply to them.

Thanks for your interest Arepo!  We will try to make future events more flexible to accommodate our global audience.  For this current event, we needed a time that fit the presenters.  We hope to have a recording online after the event and have them in the slack to answer follow up questions.  

What stat are you working off of for people who become alcoholics?  

I meant for the stat of non-drinkers to be a positive signal for the general population to choose not to drink and still feel normie.  I believe there are hopeful stories of people beating alcoholism through behavior change such as moving to a new place where their identity is not tied to drinking.  So I feel like stats don't tell us everything.

Hey Devin, seems maybe your topic is the broader issue of addiction??

As part of the argument to advocate for people not to drink, maybe you want to point out the norm that about half of Americans don't drink alcohol normally (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/alcohol.htm) as opposed to this projection by movies and advertising that makes it seem like people drink every day.