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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Husband and I are currently temp abstaining from alcohol. We will certainly drink again at some point, so we are not looking at this as some alcohol is evil or we'll never touch it again or judge those who drink it. Anyways, is it just us or once you're sober for a few weeks you start to truly realize how booze and beer are thrown in your face CONSTANTLY by media, restaurants, and sporting events? Every show, every movie, every other song on the radio, every podcast, every other commercial, magazine and online ads. Even influencer moms on social media seem to be constantly boozing or pushing some "cute" cocktail. Celebrity and athlete endorsements. Alcohol is pushed on the masses from EVERY direction. It feels like a full on propaganda to coerce you to drink. It makes alcohol seem so... gross and sleazy?[/quote]

Yes. I quit two years ago and the marketing angle was really significant for me. I had a real problem and had tried to quit for years. There were a lot of reasons that I was finally successful, but one of them for me was the book "Quit Like a Woman." It finally hit home that this toxic, addictive substance had been marketed to me to make me want to use it and I was like, F that. And now I am very conscious of the everywhere, all the time marketing of alcohol. [/quote]

To me, the ads make boozing seem so cringe and like that they’re preying on and targeting low I.Q. Americans. I don’t want to be associated with the caliber of people their ads are targeting.[/quote]

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