The Glue that is the Grog(and Tobacco): A Theory on Why Human Societies have used Drinking and/or Smoking in Communal Settings

Abstract

Over the course of my life, I have noticed a correlation between two substances(i.e. alcohol and tobaco) and social behavior. For instance, most other drugs do not have a culture that revolves around them, nor do they have religious signficance, atleast in a communal sense. I have concluded that it is a combination of four theories that I discovered: "Inhibition Destruction Theory", where the two substances are used socially and religiously to lower inhibtions; Culinary Theory, where it is enjoyed because they have a taste; Specialization Thoery, where people gravitate towards something to become passionate about; and "Mystique theory", where it is used in a social setting due to the fact that the tobacco and/or alcoholic beverage is exotic and artisanally made and thus gives someone license, for lack of a better term, to "show off". I use specific modern case studies to support my theory, and detail the history of ancient cultures and tobacco in a social context, also to support my theory.