11-22-2004, 05:47 AM
Ahhh.... alcohol... one of mankinds finer inventions.
I don't drink a lot maybe two or three drinks in a week and the rare overindulgance at a party. I personally quite like the variety of flavours available with all of the different beverages out there. I also can't stand most of the main stream stuff like Budweiser, Jack Daniels, or Boone's.
My dad is a vintner and I grew up with him having wine, beer and chamagne tastings fairly regularlry. Even when I was a kid I was allowed to taste with them and develop my palate. The worst part about that is I found that I prefer the expensive stuff and I know what seperates that from the cheap stuff.
So I have paid $150 for a bottle of tequila... and it lasted me almost two years. That was some good stuff.
I have paid $20 for a beer... and that was my only drink for the night (other than water) and I enjoyed it immensly.
As for drinking for the purpose of getting drunk, I can understand that. Just not on a regular basis. Sometimes a person has earned the right to kill a few brain cells and just unwind. If someone finds they need to do that all the time then they have a problem.
My father-in-law has been a problem drinker his whole life. I didn't realize how much of a problem this was until a few weeks ago when we were watching Around The World in 80 Days (the new Jackie Chan version) with him and he couldn't follow the plot. This is a Disney movie here. The plot wasn't particularly complicated but he's damaged himself so much that he couldn't even follow that plot. If I've ever seen a better reason not to get drunk regularly I can't name it.
One last thing, I'm always amused when I hear someone say "I don't believe in drinking". Take my word for it, it's a real thing just like cars, anime and jogging are all real. I can understand not wanting to drink but to not "believe in drinking" is to live in denial. Sue me... I'm in to semantics of words...
I don't drink a lot maybe two or three drinks in a week and the rare overindulgance at a party. I personally quite like the variety of flavours available with all of the different beverages out there. I also can't stand most of the main stream stuff like Budweiser, Jack Daniels, or Boone's.
My dad is a vintner and I grew up with him having wine, beer and chamagne tastings fairly regularlry. Even when I was a kid I was allowed to taste with them and develop my palate. The worst part about that is I found that I prefer the expensive stuff and I know what seperates that from the cheap stuff.
So I have paid $150 for a bottle of tequila... and it lasted me almost two years. That was some good stuff.
I have paid $20 for a beer... and that was my only drink for the night (other than water) and I enjoyed it immensly.
As for drinking for the purpose of getting drunk, I can understand that. Just not on a regular basis. Sometimes a person has earned the right to kill a few brain cells and just unwind. If someone finds they need to do that all the time then they have a problem.
My father-in-law has been a problem drinker his whole life. I didn't realize how much of a problem this was until a few weeks ago when we were watching Around The World in 80 Days (the new Jackie Chan version) with him and he couldn't follow the plot. This is a Disney movie here. The plot wasn't particularly complicated but he's damaged himself so much that he couldn't even follow that plot. If I've ever seen a better reason not to get drunk regularly I can't name it.
One last thing, I'm always amused when I hear someone say "I don't believe in drinking". Take my word for it, it's a real thing just like cars, anime and jogging are all real. I can understand not wanting to drink but to not "believe in drinking" is to live in denial. Sue me... I'm in to semantics of words...
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.