While we never really had lockdowns where I live the people who worked for government or other such businesses had to work remotely or in the case of government, get paid and not work at all. While this sounds fantastic to someone that is tired of the 9-5 grind, a lot of the people I know turned to drinking and not in a good or festive way but in a dependent sort of way. Of course this has a lot to do with one's own willpower but it is easy to suggest that this downward spiral of theirs wouldn't have happened had it not been for lockdowns. Thankfully my part of the state got together and refused to comply with state orders. The local sheriff agreed with us and as a community we simply defied the state orders. It worked out for us in the end after a couple of idle threats from the governor's office.