I'm anti-alcohol. Been calling it the "devil's juice" for nearly 20 years. It's a poison like you say. There are better ways to escape and get high (cannabis I support more, but still escapism in large part). Alcohol is the worst.

Not too keen about the whole "entity" thing, isn't backed up by reality as far as I can tell. But yes, the recognition of altered personality due to that substance is found in relation to the belief in gouls, spirits, the Arabic al-goul/al-koul. Belief doesn't demonstrate reality. Substances that enter the body can change the electro-chemical functionality int he body and brain, and alter the way the mind works. There is no need to believe in entities to try to explain it when biology does it. When people don't u understand how something works, they have unanswered questions and invent beliefs to answer them.

You nailed the mind-numbing slave promoting part of alcohol. Dumbs people down. Not good all around, for health. Just all negative as far as I'm concerned.