Alcohol

[Dosho]

Re: Alcohol

Hi all,

I wasn't going to chime in since I don't drink at all, but did want to give Rich a reply to his question. I just never founmd drinking in any way alluring so I haven't done it in years. I have some friends who drink and they say that drinking responsibly in front of their kids shows them how to use alcohol in moderation. I believe that to be true but also think choosing not to drink is showing children that it is truly a choice. The only thing there is to avoid making it a taboo subject to even discuss, something my parents did which is extreme.

So, while I do agree with much of TNH's article, I think he tends to make it sound like parents who drink will inevitably have kids who drink. I am sure there are countless examples of drinking parents without drinking kids and vice versa. It's a personal choice for me not to drink and I would only advise someone else not to drink if I saw them pick up some car keys after having one. When my sons are old enough I'll talk to them and allow them to make an informed choice of their own volition.

That's my $0.02.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Undo]

Re: Alcohol

"Although you have not harmed yourself during the last thirty years by drinking just one or two glasses of wine every week, the fact is that it may have an effect on your children, your grandchildren, and your society"

I think that is an important part of what TNH is saying.
We need to remember that alcohol is a drug. A very dangerous one which has a high death rate. There must be a certain amount of accepted association that every time we buy a beer, wine or whisky we are providing financial support to very powerful corporation who are not so responsible when it come to who and how they push their drug.
This will have a negative effect on your child, grandchild or society.


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