Describing pronunciations: "You say it like" or "as"? [duplicate]

In this sentence, which would be the better word to use, 'like' or 'as'?

"Chugging alcohol is like/as talking to God."

What would the difference be?

Like

You can use like or as in comparisons, but they go with different grammatical follow-ups.

Like goes with nouns:

Chugging alcohol is like talking to G-d.

Similar works the same way but ironically emphasizes the distinction instead of the similarity.

Chugging alcohol is similar to talking to G-d [implied "but isn't the same thing"].

As goes with prepositional phrases and clauses:

Chugging alcohol makes people feel as if they were talking to G-d.

Chugging alcohol makes people feel as though they were talking to G-d.

There's also as ~ as, though, which takes nouns:

Chugging alcohol is as good as talking to G-d.

although that also emphasizes that they are noticeably distinct things. It's just that they are considered equally good by the speaker.