Even self-destructive behavior like alcoholism can become a norm through emulation of admired figures

Evidence

Even substance abuse can be conventional: alcoholism became the “American writer’s disease” after luminaries like Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac made heavy drinking core to their writing process. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 121

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader theme across Marx-era works that norms shape behavior through social emulation; parallels the author’s own scaffolding of conventions as status-regulated. — connects to: Repeated exposure to others’ judgments inevitably shapes a person’s character; An image’s moral power can depend on its violation of norms. — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms,…, 17

Broader Connections

• Repeated exposure to others’ judgments inevitably shapes a person’s character #expands (0.72)
• An image’s moral power can depend on its violation of norms. #qualifies (0.70) — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 17