This is something that should be discussed more!!! These jokes are usually intended to be harmless/funny, but that doesn’t mean we should continue to normalize them. If you didn’t know that these jokes can negatively affect others (until now), that’s okay! Change is good. :)
Anyone who wants to joke about being an “alcoholic” or “addicted to drugs” should speak to someone who has been personally effected by this in their family/life. It’s not a joke and it effects more people than you know.