Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) P.s. As the salvos would say " ALCOHOL IS A DRUG TOO!" Drink by all means though, your life, your choice, i just don't think it should be boasted in or glamorised in any way shape or form, even in moderation. Edited March 24, 2014 by Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Why can it be acceptable for you all to drink in moderation and sometimes not drink in moderation and it is un acceptable for someone to smoke heroin, snort cocaine, or puff on a joint in moderation and sometimes not in moderation unacceptable? Or are neither truly acceptable except in medical cases? My 2 cents - I haven't really given much thought to this: I don't hold to "sometimes acceptable to not drink in moderation". But what about the wine at Cana? Maybe the wine was more dliute? I'm not sure. I would say that since heroin and cocaine are highly psychoactive and addictive, even "moderate" use isn't truly moderate on the human body. I don't know enough about pot to give any substantial opinion on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Also, I would also agree that glamorizing alcohol can have harmful effects. However, not all alcohol drinking is created equal, in my opinion. The Germans (at least in the places I know) do it right. They go to their Biergarten, sit down with a pint, and sip it responsibly over a meal, maybe some sausages and Brezn. The Brits used to do this too. No drunken tomfoolery. It also helps that beer is so expensive there that over-drinking is sharply limited by the size of your wallet. In America, it's like people haven't heard that slowly enjoying alcohol is even possible. Bingeing is the norm. Advertisements practically promote that way of drinking, especially, I guess, among 20- and 30-somethings. I personally enjoy the complexity of taste that comes with alcohol, and I consider a meal with a good German half pint to be a treat savored sparingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Tab... I know you are trying to stay away from alcohol and drugs... and we respect you for that. But not everyone here is going to need to refrain from drinking. (We all probably should stay away from the drugs!) No one is trying to get you to drink, but probably better for you to stay out of the Pub thread if it is tempting to you. Saying a prayer for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Science have already proven alcohol psychosis, so in fact your wrong alcohol is also psychosomatic, although perhaps to a lesser degrees than the other drugs but all the same it still does have serious mental complications associated with it's consumption according to science if your going to use science as your leverage against other drugs. And i have posted a thing in about drugs in the Q and A forum, watch for the response, i don't know what it will be but i would like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Tab... I know you are trying to stay away from alcohol and drugs... and we respect you for that. But not everyone here is going to need to refrain from drinking. (We all probably should stay away from the drugs!) No one is trying to get you to drink, but probably better for you to stay out of the Pub thread if it is tempting to you. Saying a prayer for you! Just take care and be aware, " alcohol is a drug too." And it isn't tempting me but thanks for the concern. And i have as much right to be in this thread and give my opinion on alcoholic beverages as much as anyone else whether negative or positive or neutral. Edited March 24, 2014 by Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Science have already proven alcohol psychosis, so in fact your wrong alcohol is also psychosomatic, although perhaps to a lesser degrees than the other drugs but all the same it still does have serious mental complications associated with it's consumption according to science if your going to use science as your leverage against other drugs. I didn't actually use the word "drugs". I said that heroin and cocaine, specifically those two, were highly psychoactive and addictive even in "moderation". I don't know enough about pot to make any statement, and I know enough about alchohol - yes, I know, it is a drug - to say that a half pint of beer once a month is not going to cause serious mental complications for me personally. That's the most I can say about this issue, really. Edited March 24, 2014 by chrysostom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysostom Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So no, the word "drugs" is not a line in the sand where everything is ok so long as it isn't called "drugs". It depends on the type of drug (say, heroin vs. alcohol), the effect the drug has on the particular person, and the amount used. Just like your priest said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Of course you are welcome to be here, Tab. :buddies: My concern was that it might be tempting for you, and I wouldn't want that for me, nor for you. I appreciate your concern for me and for all of us, and I do and will watch it. I don't drink a lot, but all of us need to be aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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