Wheat beer, home brewed or at a brewery on tap.. can't emphasize how [censored] awesome it is.

To the sudden talk of alcoholism, one of my better friends used to be an alcoholic, married 20 years, five kids. He was pushing 280lbs, didn't give a [censored], but one day his wife decided to flip out and leave, taking the kids' TV, racking her husband up $100,000 in debt, woke him up basically. Realizing his wife was a [censored] who left not only her husband but flat out ditched her kids to go live with her mother, someone had to be there for them, so he flat out quit cold turkey and has ever since. At first one of his brothers was a bit sensitive to people drinking around him but now all is fine, this dude serves beer to people when we partied at his house and is around it and doesn't even have the urge to drink. He lost 110 pounds, is in great shape now, very happy, has no inclination whatsoever to grab a cold one.. one of the people I respect most that did a complete 180 in life. Truly you can hit rock bottom and pull your [censored] together.
Some people cannot handle beer. I hope those people realize it sooner rather than later, all things in moderation.