Attitude adjustment

[AAJagerX]

Drinking is great for letting off some steam and forgetting about your problems for awhile. But if you let it get out of control, your problems will be compounded. If you drink, be responsible about it and know that your problems will still be there in the morning waiting to be dealt with. As you get older you'll find you don't recover from hangovers as well as you used to and you'll discover other (better) ways of dealing with stress.....i.e. fishing, hunting, gardening, or smoking a joint.  

You're still in Iowa right?  We should get a little meeting set up for the Iowegians.

[uptown]

You're still in Iowa right?  We should get a little meeting set up for the Iowegians.

Hell yeah! I'm in Centerville. I haven't been up to Des Moines in a while but have been wanting to check out "Splash Seafood Bar and Grill" for quite some time now. Or come on down my way to Rathbun lake for some Crappie and Catfish fishing. Come fall and winter we have some damned good hunting too.

[NatCigg]

Go work nights in an Emergency Room for a while and you'll get a pretty good idea of what the downside to drug and alcohol abuse look like.

If you drink to "escape" you're headed for trouble --- it's an unrealistic expectation of what alcohol can do for you.

If you occasionallyhave a couple drinks to "take the edge off" you'll probably be ok.

IMO alcohol is one of the greatest evils.  I come from a family where both of my parents, my sister and my brother were/are alcoholics, functional alcoholics but drunks none the less.  It is sad what it does to you.

Alcohol is the devil. This is fact.

 
   

[Dragon Tamer]

My old man drinks a lot, and he's one of those people that just wants to keep talking about things nobody cares about when they are drunk. He also gets pissed at stupid little things when he's sober, it's worse when he's drunk. This is the reason I don't drink, because I'm similar enough to him that I know that's how I'll act when I'm drunk.

[HawkerMKII]

Nat, I play this game sometimes to escape reality and other times I have a drink or two. Over doing either one could be bad and I have done both, just ask my ex wife about over doing Ah. She told me AH or her.............I don't miss her at all

[PJ_Godzilla]

Go work nights in an Emergency Room for a while and you'll get a pretty good idea of what the downside to drug and alcohol abuse look like.

If you drink to "escape" you're headed for trouble --- it's an unrealistic expectation of what alcohol can do for you.

If you occasionallyhave a couple drinks to "take the edge off" you'll probably be ok.

IMO alcohol is one of the greatest evils.  I come from a family where both of my parents, my sister and my brother were/are alcoholics, functional alcoholics but drunks none the less.  It is sad what it does to you.

Yeah, I can second that. That said, and as a practitioner of long term sobriety, I think compulsion is, if not blessed, at least sanctioned by evolution. Think about it. I differ in that I don't call alcohol, or any inanimate substance or object, evil. It's all about how it is used.

As for the op's question, though, my thinking, based on observing any number of what I'd call "lightweights" and what the rest would call normal/healthy drinkers, is that people who don't have a problem don't question their own behavior w/r alcohol. I.e., it's kind of like the price of that Lamborghini ... If you have to ask...

[zack1234]

Alcohol is the devil. This is fact.

 
    

Gibberish!

The Brewster is the devil!

Drink is evil because someone is daft enough to drink to much

Pies are evil then because fat cannot keep their teeth together

[danny76]

Unless your a Brit, which is an island of bloody drunken sod's.

Absolutely, an island that in my experience has some of the worst drunks around.

The 6 1/2 years I spent policing these shores has given me a certain amount of insight into drunken Brits, the booze addled, recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan British slobs are currently being outclassed only the booze addled recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan Eastern Europeans in the UK.

[ridley1]

I really enjoy drinking.....

but I don't like getting drunk

[PJ_Godzilla]

Absolutely, an island that in my experience has some of the worst drunks around.

The 6 1/2 years I spent policing these shores has given me a certain amount of insight into drunken Brits, the booze addled, recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan British slobs are currently being outclassed only the booze addled recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan Eastern Europeans in the UK.

You know the answer: wood shampoo.

I sincerely hope that the UK hasn't "moved beyond" a little creative nightstick action.

[Rich46yo]

Absolutely, an island that in my experience has some of the worst drunks around.

The 6 1/2 years I spent policing these shores has given me a certain amount of insight into drunken Brits, the booze addled, recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan British slobs are currently being outclassed only the booze addled recidivist benefit claiming, football hooligan Eastern Europeans in the UK.

Lol, I was actually joking. Ive been to England, lovely place and I dont think they drink anymore then we do. As for "Policing Hooliganism" here is one of the many Ive had to in the last 30 years. Part 2 is probably better. http://youtu.be/G_pAC0gLCXc   http://youtu.be/s6XfTVCHoDw . I was in the middle of this one and the one the year after I had to fight for my life, and not the only time I had to.

Get a bunch of 20 somethings drunk as skunks and watch out.

[NatCigg]

Bulls 92! 

what did the crowd like more, turning over the cars, girls boobies, or the cops retreating?

Must suck to be a cop in that position.

[zack1234]

How you get drunk in the US on their Beer is beyond me

Budwater

[PJ_Godzilla]

My old man drinks a lot, and he's one of those people that just wants to keep talking about things nobody cares about when they are drunk. He also gets pissed at stupid little things when he's sober, it's worse when he's drunk. This is the reason I don't drink, because I'm similar enough to him that I know that's how I'll act when I'm drunk.

My dad was like that, and so was I. Between us, we had something like 6 or 7 degrees and when we'd argue, it was all about two over-edjimicated dronks trying to use "them book lurnins" to show how stupid the other guy was. A couple of real prettythangholes... Later, we both sobered up - and got along better as a result.

Your read is pretty correct, btw. Generally, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Also, never argue with a drunk who's got some education. He won't be right, necessarily, but he'll be able to convince himself that he is and that you're not. 

[RotBaron]

Also, never argue with a drunk who's got some education. He won't be right, necessarily, but he'll be able to convince himself that he is and that you're not. 

That's signature worthy!