Drinking...good and bad?

I kind of grew up with drinking being fine. I mean I was always told that I can't drink until I'm 21 and some basic expectations but never had parents that where like "You can not drink ever. It is against God's will." Being the youngest in my family though I was always watching everyone in my family from my immediate family to extended. Now my family are pretty heavy drinkers. My dad almost always had a Scotch in his hand. My grandpa always had some type of cocktail. My sisters drank a lot in college and at parties, etc. Then as a I kept growing up and getting to high school and stuff everyone I was hanging out with and all my "crowd" starting drinking. I was always noticing why they were drinking and how they acted when they drank. I am not against drinking at all but growing up with it it made me realize that most people don't drink because it is a social thing. I have noticed that a lot of people drink because they aren't happy with something, or they want to be liked by other people so they join the crowd, or they don't know how to socialize without having a drink in them so it takes the awkwardness away, or they just aren't happy with who they really are. It sadness me. I know many people that I know drink because they were never comfortable with who they really were. They needed to be someone else and drinking gave them that edge and made them someone more "fun". I have known a lot of people to do it because if they say no then everyone around them will make fun of them and they will be an outcast. What is wrong with that? Because someone doesn't want to and has morals they get ridiculed?? I have known A LOT of people that do it alone or even with people just to take away they pain they are dealing with in life. The stresses of life and everything that comes with it. All that does is make it worse and will never solve that problem. People do stuff they regret when they drink and get wasted and they will never be able to take what they did back. and on and on from what I have seen. But then again I know people, few, that drink social at dinner or a small gathering or at an event that do it how it probably is supposed to be done. Because you just want to socially drink with your friends and have a good time. Not get drunk and not remember what happened but just have a good time. I have seen a lot more bad than I have good come from drinking so I don't see why people honestly do it as often and as much as I see. But hey that's just how I grew up I guess.