Alchohol and you
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I only drink when I'm depressed and want to take my mind off of something, or want to lower my inhibitions enough to go talk to that girl or get on the dance floor.
Red wine for dinner with my girlfriend and that's it.... sigh i have become a real bore as time has gone by.
Oh man when i was younger though, every Sunday was dedicated to hang over recuperation.
and that damn whiskey was fantastic but oh so dangerous. The stupid things i did, and the adventures it sent me on were beyond chaotic
Oh man when i was younger though, every Sunday was dedicated to hang over recuperation.
and that damn whiskey was fantastic but oh so dangerous. The stupid things i did, and the adventures it sent me on were beyond chaotic
I love alcohol and I had my first taste at 15 but not till a trip to the Asahi beer factory in Japan I fell in love with it again. My dad did a good job of making me drink in moderation. That and I have Asian Flush so before I get drunk it gets really uncomfortable.
I prefer beer and sake. Just not tiger beer, I can't stand that stuff. Hard liqour is fine.
I prefer beer and sake. Just not tiger beer, I can't stand that stuff. Hard liqour is fine.
Beer, Mead and Whiskey for me.
I used to drink a lot, when I was 18 (in Slovakia, you can legally drink when you're 18), but now I'm more of a casual drinker. I sometimes drink, but no so as to get completely drunk. But I rather enjoy the taste of those beverages that I drink. The fun thing is, I don't feel the need to socialize while drinking, so I rarely go to parties to drink, I'm either alone while having a drink, or with a couple of friends, we chug like 3 or for 4 beers and go home.
Also, I don't like drunks. My brother for example is heavy drinker, to the point where he can drink 12 Beers and still be drinking vodka and other stuff, but he is is not a very charming company then, I tell you. Not at all.
I used to drink a lot, when I was 18 (in Slovakia, you can legally drink when you're 18), but now I'm more of a casual drinker. I sometimes drink, but no so as to get completely drunk. But I rather enjoy the taste of those beverages that I drink. The fun thing is, I don't feel the need to socialize while drinking, so I rarely go to parties to drink, I'm either alone while having a drink, or with a couple of friends, we chug like 3 or for 4 beers and go home.
Also, I don't like drunks. My brother for example is heavy drinker, to the point where he can drink 12 Beers and still be drinking vodka and other stuff, but he is is not a very charming company then, I tell you. Not at all.
It's a psychoactive, potentially harmful drug that I don't ever want to take. That's my attitude towards alcohol. While most people abstain due to religious reasons, my reasons are all quite secular and personal.
1) Alcohol is potentially addictive. Many people claim that they can handle their alcohol. Stats show that quite a few are fooling themselves. A lot of people can't handle their alcohol - and even if they can handle it now, that's no guarantee that they'll be able to handle it later. Many people start off with a moderate drinking habit, but then personal crisis strikes and they turn to the bottle for comfort. I've had many stressful periods throughout my life that would have driven me to drink... had I ever started to drink. But because I have no alcohol habit, I have never succumbed to the temptation to get drunk to avoid personal problems.
2) Alcohol is a toxin. Ever swabbed bacteria or a petri dish or a cell layer something with 100% alcohol? I have. And the results are not surprising - Alcohol kills things. It is a toxin. The Wine Industry and the Beer Industry are very eager to publish papers highlighting some of the health benefits of moderate drinking - but it's all nonsense. Wine is only slightly healthy because of the grapes that make up the wine - not the alcohol. You get EXACTLY the same health benefit drinking GRAPE JUICE. The health aspects related to beer aren't related to the beer themselves - they're related to the socialization that comes with drinking beer that lowers stress levels. Provided that you have other ways to socialize, you don't need to drink beer.
Alcohol is BAD for you. It is, quite literally a toxin. It's one of the biggest causes of cardiovascular problems, metabolic problems, mental health problems - it's bad. It's just... really bad.
3) It changes who you are. Alcohol alters (temporarily) your brain chemistry. You are your brain. Alcohol, thus, alters who you are on a fundamental level. Even if it's only temporarily, it does, and I am not going to do that. I am not going to lose control, I am not going to become "someone else" in order to have a "good time". I will have my good times on my own terms.
4) It's bloody expensive.
1) Alcohol is potentially addictive. Many people claim that they can handle their alcohol. Stats show that quite a few are fooling themselves. A lot of people can't handle their alcohol - and even if they can handle it now, that's no guarantee that they'll be able to handle it later. Many people start off with a moderate drinking habit, but then personal crisis strikes and they turn to the bottle for comfort. I've had many stressful periods throughout my life that would have driven me to drink... had I ever started to drink. But because I have no alcohol habit, I have never succumbed to the temptation to get drunk to avoid personal problems.
2) Alcohol is a toxin. Ever swabbed bacteria or a petri dish or a cell layer something with 100% alcohol? I have. And the results are not surprising - Alcohol kills things. It is a toxin. The Wine Industry and the Beer Industry are very eager to publish papers highlighting some of the health benefits of moderate drinking - but it's all nonsense. Wine is only slightly healthy because of the grapes that make up the wine - not the alcohol. You get EXACTLY the same health benefit drinking GRAPE JUICE. The health aspects related to beer aren't related to the beer themselves - they're related to the socialization that comes with drinking beer that lowers stress levels. Provided that you have other ways to socialize, you don't need to drink beer.
Alcohol is BAD for you. It is, quite literally a toxin. It's one of the biggest causes of cardiovascular problems, metabolic problems, mental health problems - it's bad. It's just... really bad.
3) It changes who you are. Alcohol alters (temporarily) your brain chemistry. You are your brain. Alcohol, thus, alters who you are on a fundamental level. Even if it's only temporarily, it does, and I am not going to do that. I am not going to lose control, I am not going to become "someone else" in order to have a "good time". I will have my good times on my own terms.
4) It's bloody expensive.
What this guy said.thaluikhain said:
I've had someone threaten to take me down with karate if I didn't have a glass of beer, which only cements my opinions that drunk people should not speak. It's extremely prevalent, too. What, do people who drink just have a guilt complex or something?