To be clear, even before I had my first hand experiences with alcohol problems, it never occurred to me to weaponize struggles with addiction to try to win political points.
A lot of I see on socials have been similarly honest about there problems, and their struggles to stay sober. I have nothing but sympathy for those people. Drug abuse was something that I witnessed happening to people close to me growing up.
To figure that people being honest about their problems is a good way to stock up ammunition against people when you disagree tells me that you're not a good person.