Are you sane

[Schultz]

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...

yea but its how you classify it.. to me "Drinking" is basically going out getting shit faced and not remembering what happened or where you are.. I don't belive in it at all. What i do belive in with drinking is kinda causual with maybe a few friends having a few drinks. Just socializing and talking per say.. (I haven't really done this but if i am going to have alcohol this is how i would. Not just getting plastered) so its more how you look and define. Thats what sucks about the english language so many ways to look at something.. along with two or more words sounding the same.