Quote Originally Posted by carole
I don't think in anyway anyone is saying drinking is either good or bad or evil, myself included, moderation is the key as is with everything, trouble is so few of us human beings can actually achieve that and to those who do in everything in their life i take my hat off to you.

Honestly if you think you need to drink for whatever reason then go ahead, but just be prepared for the down side of drinking, unless you are one of those rare people who are in control, you are going to experience that IMO.

Most people who enjoy a drink or two do enjoy the feeling it gives them.relaxing them, and just that nice warm feeling, if you can stop there then that is fine, but unfortunately very few actually can,let us hope you are one of them, because it seems you are determined to take this path regardless of any advice given here, so I can only hope you find drinking a nice experience and not the usual experience that it is for most.

Carole, I REALLY take exception to your comments above. I drink, members of my family drink, many of my friends drink. All of us, without exception, are 'in control', and are able to 'stop there' with a few drinks. I recognize that there are people that cannot, but, to somehow suggest that ALL people cannot is far from the truth. I know I must come across as some big-time drinker/party girl (woman??),and nothing could be further from the truth. Drinking a glass or two of wine is a nice experience for me. I am no more or less of a person when I drink. Alcohol, itself, is not the 'devil'. It is the people that have an addiction AND drink that makes the problem.

Painting a picture that it is an all or nothing proposition is irresponsible to those that might be thinkinhg of taking a drink. The hell that you know is better than the hell that you don't. To make it seem so mysterious, and mind altering is just making it 'taboo', which seems to make it more tempting for people.

Johanna