Although Alcohol has scarred my life,(not through my own doing) I think I still have a reasonable attitude towards the stuff, its fine in MODERATION, but as we all know a lot of humans, young and old find it very hard to follow that idea, and lifestyles especially here in NZ encourage drinking, I have never smoked or drank alcohol since I had children , yet my son he does both, so I ask you, peer pressure is the main feature here I think.

Unfortunately human beings find moderation in all levels of life hard to adhere to, whether it be food, alcohol, smoking,etc etc, and in a perfect world that is how it would be.

I do have one thing that really bothers me though, is when my daughter's friends mother braggs to me about her hard night on the town, I feel sorry for her child, as she tells me how she ended up all day in bed and hey look out if the kids come near me, she is so grumpy, no child should have to witness their parent in this state and put up with that kind of treatment, ( yeah I know in a perfect world again) and it happens all too often, but I cannot for the life of me understand, how she cannot just have her social outings when her child is away (every second weekend to her father) I am not saying she does it all the time, but still, it saddens me, at least she should limit her intake as not to have such a hang-over next day.

Well enough of my raving and ranting here, but this topic has turned into people opinions about alcohol, so just adding mine for what it is worth, thanks for listening.