your thoughts on alcohol?

[slipknotpsycho]

what about the ones who love it? not just "in moderation". i know more people who drink a fuckload, then people who drink in moderation, or people who think it's evil, or people who don't have an opinion. the poll options are onesided. if you can't see it i dunno how else to explain it mate.

shit i forgot that >.< i knew i was forgetting something, but i've been drinking (lmao) and couldn't put my finger on it....

edit: i'd say in moderation isn't nessicarily just how often, but how much... i mean if you told a doctor you drink every day, he'd think your an alcoholic, but you coulda just meant you have a beer when you get home from work... so i'd say, getting drunk anymore than 2-3x a week, makes you excluded from the 'in moderation' choice... i dunno about you, but i'd say getting drunk about a thrid to a half of the year, would make it a pretty regular thing....

[fackfackfack]

When I think about alochol I instantly think of.. happiness. The world is a much better place when I'm tipsy. I'm a happy drunk I suppose.

exactly.

[marvelous22]

I voted against it. Im not a big fan.

[biohazard]

alcohol is good in moderation . latley ive been sticking to weed though, and i also quit smoking cigs. blaze on! :jointsmile:

[OniEhtRedrum781]

As long as you know your limit and you're smart about it all, alcohol's amazing...

[MacWQ33]

I'm glad to hear some positive responses...as usually the majority opposes.

I like beer very very much, and think there is never a wrong time for beer (except maybe like 8AM, but hey it happens lol). Not so much hard shit, but depending on the situation and drink, maybe a little.

[JaggedEdge]

I like it sometimes. We were cleaning the kitchen today and I was looking through our collection that we haven't touched in a while. And I thought about how nice it was to fix a gin and sprite after work or school. I miss drinking... Now I just need to restock on sodas.

[Purple Banana]

Anyone ever play "Passout"?

It's a board game from the 70s, I think, and it's a great game to play with friends and hard liquor. Kind of like monopoly, but you have to get 10 of these cards to win the game. The cards have huge tongue twisters on 'em, and they can get really funny.

Especially if you land up on the "Light Up" square, and replace a cigarette with a hit of that wacky tobaccy!

I suggest everyone buy this game.

But I only get DRUNK drunk about 3-4 times a year. As such, I've never thrown up, straight up passed out, or had a hangover. Even when drinking much more than my heavier male counterparts. I guess it's the Irish genes!

[BizzleLuvin]

as with anything, the harmfullness of alcohol depends on who is drinking it. i suffered an intolerable early childhood with a raging alcoholic. alcoholism ruins lives, families, friendships, EVERYTHING. so i grew up absolutely loathing alcohol and anyone who drank.
but as i have matured, i see the benefit (if any at all) in a few drinks here and there. studies show a glass of red wine every day is beneficial to the heart, but its the alkaloids in fermented grapes, not the alcohol itself thats beneficial. i realize people are able to sit down and have glass of scotch to calm them. but honestly, how many people do you know are satisfied after one glass? i feel we lack self control when it comes to alcohol.
i still think it should be illegal on some levels such as selling it in restuarants and bars and grocery stores. honestly i think alcohol should be consumed in the comforts of one's home. alcohol abuse is america's number one drug problem and it can hurt everyone because of its availability and ho-hum status.
HOWEVER
i believe we as young americans drink to get drunk.this is what makes alchohol dangerous. you dont get run over by buzzed driver, but by drunk driver. buzzed teenagers dont set fire to thier homes, drunk teenagers do. but why do we get drunk?i think this is due to restrictions on alcohol in general. it becomes more enticing as it becomes less availible. and when we do get our hands on it, we push it to access to make up for the restrictions we have been carrying and abiding with angst and anger. as young people we experiment. we need to. but too many of us do not learn from our mistakes and we keep pushing ourselves over the edge until we have fallen completely.
i drink occasionally. maybe once or twice a week on a two-or three week cycle. honestly, after seeing what alcohol can do to us as a society,, i am wary of becoming my father and limiting myself. i like to drink, but i seldom get drunk. i drink until a certain poitn, when a certain feeling sers in. i give it time and monitor myself. then i stop. i dont get beligerent, i get tipsy. i can still enjoy parties but without puking. drunk people arent fun unless you are too. so i drink a little the put it down. i do this mostly out of fear, but partly out of self respect and responsibility.
i think alcohol, like pot, is not for everyone. it should be used responisbly and diligenltly and you should fist learn your limits and orient yourself with it before you move on full throttle into the realm of drunken stupors.
anyway, thats my rant.
so honestly i am contraticting myself

[birdgirl73]

Yep, depends on who's doing the drinking. In moderation for people who can handle it, it's fine. I drink on infrequent occasions, and tonight was one of those nights I had two glasses of wine at our neighbors' cocktail party. Just enough. I don't get drunk any more. Haven't done that in years. I hate the hungover feeling and, for that matter, the calories. Also, I have uncles on both sides of my family who are/were quite heavy drinkers, and so I suspect I probably carry an addiction gene. I figure why court disaster in case I do?