I was asked How someone could understand why alcohol was prohibited in stages in the Holy Quran. And why was it not immediately labeled haram?

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It shows how religion Islam is based on logic and human psychology. Any addiction can not be stopped suddenly. It requires the addicted person should leave it step by step. So Islam applied the same laws rather than showing unnatural behavior and dictatorship to eradicate any unlawful act which was commonly in practice in that society