Saturday, April 22, 2006

just a small opinion/rant here.

alcohol is a drug. i wish some people would remember that fact.
it's a drug and as with any drug, there are people that can not
tolerate certain types of alcohol or certain amounts.
it alters their personalities just as any other drug might.
that's fine if , a. you aren't driving, that's a given or
b. your personality doesn't change in an annoying or upsetting or
dangerous way.
life is short and generally hard.
go, have fun, relax, enjoy the good company and conversation.
but if alcohol changes your basic personality or lets you
lose control , grow the proverbial "beer muscles" or
say hurtful, nasty things for no reason other than imagined slights
then perhaps it's time to rethink the game plan.
yeah everybody has been silly or horny or
cranky or such when out having a little fun and a few drinks,
and we all will be , every now and again. but man ,some nights
it's hard to watch the things that go on for no good reason.
me, i can't throw stones and i never would. i just want people
to realize how their actions affect others. thanks, s.

2 comments:

Fran / Blue Gal said...

Egad I had a roommate like that once. I really don't understand mean drunks. If it makes you feel good and you're not driving or operating heavy equipment, okay, but if it makes you nasty and awful why do it?

Sherry Pasquarello said...

i see a lot of it. i belong to a small social club and i am a member of the scholarship comittee there among other things and there are some people that just simply should not drink or should stop at the 3rd one because the 4th flips some sort of a switch in their brain's chemistry. last night was particularly ugly and it is so damaging to everyone involved. it hurts to, to see normally kind, caring people turn to nasty, childish or overly "friendly" strangers.
like i said, i'm no one to throw stones, have done, will probably do, some really foolish things, but hurtful, hope not.