Alcohol and Drinking responsibly

This post is not meant to diss anybody.

Drinking is healthy, but only if you drink in moderation. 3/4 glass of wine per day is healthy. Beer is okay, too. Scotch, whiskey, gin - all taken in moderation is okay. Vodka is cure for toothache (a few drops on the affected area, that is). Everything taken in moderation is okay.

But drinking everyday or every other day in huge quantities is such a suicide.

I know people who do this, God, how many times have my cousins heard all my sermon regarding their excessive alcohol intake. I even remind my dad to take it easy, since he's not young anymore, and that too much alcohol would only prove disastrous in time. Liver and kidney problems, anyone? Diabetics should also be weary of drinking.

Really, drinking everyday/every other day, in huge amounts, is the first step to being called an alcoholic, until such time that you cannot go about your day without a drink. Excessive drinking leads to poor judgement, recklessness, light headedness, health problems, crimes, arguments ann even death. As you can see, not pretty things.

I do drink myself, had my first drink when I was 12. My aunts gave me 6 shots of Bacardi. They said I was too noisy afterwards. Then I learned to drink gin, and then beer, wine, vodka, then cocktails. In all those years, I remember getting drunk (and excuse me, puked) three times. First I went into a drikining contest with my friends and classmates - imagine putting down bottles after bottles of Red Horse beer! Second was when I singlehandedly consumed a liter of red wine with 16% alcohol content. I was so sick I was shivering so bad when I got home. Luckily, I was with my family then. And third, when we celebrated my best friend's birthday - gin and beer. I was puking all day.

Since then I told myself I would take it easy on drinking - because it's an abuse to my body. Second, I hate the feeling of being drunk, and third, I HATE puking - the smell, the sound, the act of puking. I wonder why people who drink heavily on a regular basis don't hate the feeling of being drunk.

It's a very horrible feeling. People died because they were too drunk - they died choking on their own vomit - how's that for COD? They died shitting in their pants. They died DRUNK.

It's okay to drink, sure. But when you make it a habit, that's usually where trouble starts. Drinking does not solve anything, I've learned that from all those times my friends and relatives would get drunk because they have problems. It's a form of escaping. If you only spend your time thinking about what you are escaping about and why, I think the need for drink after drink would be unnecessary.

Just a thought, ladies and gents. Just a thought.

Why I switched to blogger

New scene; new venue for expressing myself. Facebook is for socializing, Twitter is for ranting, Tumblr is for my daily dose of humor and inspiration, and Multiply is for.. online shopping. :) I wanted to blog like I used to when I was in college - almost everyday. I might also post some of my old works here, so this serves as a blog/online portfolio.

And I hope blogger is the answer for my everyday blogging needs. 

Yeah.

XOXO,

M