If the game of the bottle is said to be dangerous, how come many people play it?
“I get lonely and I need friends.” Well, it is definitely hard to say NO if your friends are all drinking.
“Alcohol is easy to get.” Certainly. So is rat poison. Just because something is available is no reason to get involved.
“Everyone does it.” This isn’t simply true. Many people do drink – far too many abusing their bodies. Why would you do such crap then?
“I get a kick out of it.” Funny but after the kick comes the heartache.
“A drinker never hurt.” Big mistake. Huge mistake.
“It’s my life. I am only hurting myself.” Another buzz! It is damn impossible to live our lives as if we were in a vacuum. Everything we do affects many others.
“I cannot stop anytime I want to.” Stop convincing yourself this way. It sucks. Recovery rates may be too low mainly because one doesn’t admit that he even has a big problem with it.
“When I drink, I am self confident.” Maybe the exact word is cheerful or euphoric?
Above all, I love alcohol. Blame it on the rain.
References
H & H (Ellen G. White – Testimonies, The Desire of Ages, etc. )
