You know, as I wrote my reply above, I thought the exact same thing about the disclaimer. It's a brave new world I guess, but far from a better one.
I didn't drink alcohol until I was 22, just because I didn't feel any need or desire to. These days it drink rarely and if I never had another alcoholic drink in my life I'd not be at all fussed about it. I drink to be social I guess, in certain situations, and rarely would I have more than one, and two tops. It's just how it is, I don't think it makes me abnormal, although some may suggest it.
If one hasn't experienced addiction, they'd have trouble understanding. And if they ever do reach that point with something like alcohol, it could be going on for years, they wouldn't even know what hit them, still struggling to understand it.
It's possible someone pushing is struggling with it. They want others to be on the same level as them. Makes it "easier" to "accept" in that moment. And it's difficult to reason with someone who might be going through that. They can't control it in the exact same way you can. The brain is sending all the same signals. Both mindsets are doing 100% the "right" thing.
Alcohol is an odd one. Has no life of its own until it enters a body and takes over. You become the host in a sense. Like an ant encountering ophiocordyceps unilateralis.
This artwork of mine a few others tells a similar story. Something latching on, causing interference, then taking control of both body and the mind.
That's the thing with addiction I guess, hard to step back and see it and hard to rectify I guess right. (Not impossible though.)
I've never been addicted to any substance so I guess it's difficult to know how it feels but I've dealt with enough who have and I know the challenges and how difficult can be to combat. Sad really. I guess it's like anything, it's so easy, pleasurable even, to fall into that habit, but climbing back out (realising that one needs to) is never so easy.
I like that art man, but it sort of makes me sad too, just the mood that the face presents.
It's common to react the way you are. I see others mention it in the comments as well, how you'll think differently of them. This snowballs for that individual. Eventually they're left with nobody (or their friends are all addicts as well). When it comes time to snap out of it, they feel all that pain of loss at once. Feels like being hit by a truck, internally. Can be unbearable and push people to look for an escape. Death or the bottle.