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R Simcha Wasserman zt”l once told me (in mid ’79s) that the first reform rabbis were rashoyim; they knew better yet they rebelled against the Torah and halacha, but he told me that he doubts if today’s reform and conservative leaders are rashoyim since they never learned what is Torah and halacha, rather they grew up thinking (incorrectly) that there is three types of Judaism: reform, conservative and orthodox.
Same can be said today about the Peleg boys. Their leaders are rashoyim but the boys can not tell the difference between a kosher rav and a nut case rav, so they say, you have your rav and we have our rav.
read ibn Ezra on Kohellet, he explains that there is a time and place for every emotion. Anger towards an idiot is beneficial since it tells him where to draw the line. However a person should not have pent up anger in himself.
The best is NOT to take my word, but read ibn Ezra, he is terrific (a slight bit difficult, but worth it).
I think we should teach young people to use alcohol responsibly and that this is a very important part of chinuch.