text: That depends.  Would you give up something you are in control of but enjoy for the greater good? (I don't know..you're favourite sport, or red meat, or internet...) The question is meaningless.  The government can do what they have done with cigarette smoking to try to curb people away from drinking and work to make it socially unacceptable to drink to excess, but I don't think prohibition is feasible.  It's been tried before. Those with an addiction problem -any addiction- problem need help to break the addiction. I don't stay up gaming all night, but that too is a destructive addiction.