Believe me you guys, I get cold turkey....
My drinking was not something I could manage. It becomes apparent, oh....After a few decades of trying

It was yes or no, drink or abstain, black and white, life or death....choose.
But this is a billion times, if not more, complex.
It could be compared to the shooting at Columbine high school, where the shooter asked you to denounce your faith.
Lots of "liberals" believe the way they do, religiously.
We need leadership, not a whip, in my opine, and he is not showing it