Is alcohol good??

Alcohol is like most things, okay in moderation but when it comes to alcohol some people go to excess.

A beer or 2 after work is definitely a stress reliever. It is good to relax and socialise with people over a few beers or a glass or 2 of wine

For me alcohol means accepting to unconciousness.......and anything which is going to make you away from yourself is not good........So I am not in favour of this............

aryavrat wrote:

For me alcohol means accepting to unconciousness.......and anything which is going to make you away from yourself is not good........So I am not in favour of this............

So are you saying you cannot control your alcohol intake ??

I have never consumed alcohol to the point of unconsciousness.

Some or other way it will lead you to the unconciousness..........because it starts like that and end up with this..........thats the reason i am not favouring it......yes you can consume till it doesn't take you to that extent.........

Depend why you drink .To be happy or to enjoy  different way

I enjoy a glass of red wine every evening with my dinner. More social than anything - the wife also likes a glass or two of bubbly (sparkling wine). 

Like everything else in life.....moderation!

Bob K

Yes moderation just to know the right time to drink

I never drink alcohol unless it is with a meal. Since I cook there are just some dishes that I consider it only proper to serve with a beer or others a glass of wine. When on those rare occasions I do drink my limit is always ONE, but that is just my choice. I agree with the others, if taken in moderation I don't see any problem with alcohol. The problem is the people who go to excess in anything not just alcohol.

While I've never had any problems with alcohol, I've seen far too many who have and have lost relatives to drunk driving. I've seen lives destroyed in my family because of driving while drunk and I thank God every day that my relatives who got behind the wheel drunk didn't take anybody else with them. So many do take innocent lives.

mal wrote:

"Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk!"

This sorts that out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3gVzE2YxWw

The good doctor's take on those products was my first thought when I saw the OP, however, I have more.

I used to be a greasy biker; that involves large motorcycles, doing very silly things at excessive speeds on large motorcycles, having terrific fun with biker chicks (On and off large motorcycles) and leaving your large motorcycle at home so you can go to the pub and get absolutely smashed out of your brain on Newcastle brown ale.

The latter is nasty, evil, and great fun.



There's one thing you should know, you can't count past ten when drinking the stuff.
I've tried so can assure posters this is true. I managed to count the first ten bottles but totally lost the ability to count to eleven.
I was at a gig, a local group of top quality rockers - sadly, my new ex girlfriend was also there.
The break up was less than perfect as she'd got drunk a few nights earlier and shagged her mate's brother. Pity, she was a nice lass.
However, I like to look on the bright side - I bumped into her just before I came to Indonesia and she'd turned into her mother. Fat and about as sexy as a slug with a limp and bad breath.

I did find a couple of new abilities after imbibing so much - I could sing and dance like I'd been doing it all my life.
Sadly, I completely lost these new talents when I sobered up.
Normally, that sobering up would be before the following lunchtime but, as I really gone to town, it took three days so I had to catch a bus to work the following Monday morning.
Hell of a night.
One other thing I recall was a fight.
Now, picture the scene.
There I am, part of a large gang of bikers, as hairy and leather clad as we were drunk.
Some foolish virgin ran at me, wanting a fight. Silly boy.
My years of martial arts training kicked in without a thought, just as my leg shot out in a very nicely executed side kick and kicked him into some bushes.
I have no clue what he did after that, we carried on walking, still drinking from the bottles we had stashed in our leathers.

Still, those happy evenings (and really lousy morning afters) are over.
I went really wild, took up that Islam thing and stopped with the booze.
Many people make a mistake at this point (I'll bet you do).










I didn't stop with the pop because of Islam; it was because of a series of other events.
One was a scrap. I was on my way home one evening, sober as a judge and enjoying my walk.
Three drunks took me for a good target to beat up. Again, silly boys.
I couple of quick kicks and an armlock, coupled with a trip, sorted all three out in a few seconds. They ran off - the first bright thing they'd done since I had the misfortune to see them.

The second was my need to drive a lot. After a seriously wet session, there was no way I could drive the next day and that meant no ability to work.
As it was my own business, the choice was simple - I slowed down on the booze, not drinking at all when I had work the next day - that was most days.

The last was the killer.
After a skinfull, I staggered off for a kebab from the local Indian. The good place was closed so I headed off to the rubbish one because I was too drunk to think about what that filthy dump's food would do to my digestive system.
However, the messy toilet wasn't the issues, the girl I saw was.
A young girl of 15 was in the place, I knew her through her dad who used to fix my van.
She got a text message, one so hot, it almost melted her phone.
It described exactly what was going to happen when she got back, in words that would earn me a ban on this and most forums.
By scorching, I mean molten WOW with a side order of a year in death valley, California. Yes, THAT hot.
Anyway, I commented about her boyfriend being a lot naughty and suggested she was a little young to be doing that.
Her reply, "It's from my dad", should have seem me reaching for my phone and calling 999, asking for the cops to pop over and beat the living daylights out of the pervert daddy, whilst sending rape council;ors to take care of the kid.

Sadly, I was too smashed to think properly, taking more interest in my gut twisting kebab.
I have very few regrets in life but this has to be top of the list ,and a major reason I gave up the pop.

i think alcohol is gonna to hurt your liver and your kidney , so i advice everybody to give up

The problem is ..........for what we say this is not good .........people try to experience it,to know why it is not good..........and alcohol is one among those things.........Religion says don't take so that you will get in Heaven..........what a idotic ideas.....to stop this........but anyway the basic fact is that once you take alcohol you are not the same who you are, before taking alcohol........we say of limits .....but everybody has their own capacity..........so no one can be able to decide the limit except of onself..........

Regards,
Anil

Just a quick funny story.  My grandfather who was dying of cancer at the time at the age of 90 or so was told by his doctor that he had to cut back on his drinking as he would have a highball (very strong drink) every day before lunch and then again in the late afternoon.  He had been doing this since the age of 18 (so for over 70 years).  When we got back from the doctor's visit he asked me if he really had to cut back. I just looked at him, laughed, and asked him if he wanted a double...

BobK

There are people when they get addicted of any thing and then body doesn't get this they feel uncomfortable,uneasy...sad...with full of stress..........so it happens to most of the patients.............

Giving up alcohol is interesting.
Most drinkers, after even a couple, have a slight 'funny' feeling next morning - for non drinkers, think of waking up, not washing your face, your eyes are a little dim, you feel as if your dinner might have been slightly dodgy and you have a slight headache.
(Multiply all these several fold if you've had a skin full).

I don't miss that at all.

Weekend is good time to drink and to enjoy it

aryavrat wrote:

Religion says don't take so that you will get in Heaven...
........but anyway the basic fact is that once you take alcohol you are not the same who you are, before taking alcohol..

Islam and Christianity both forbid alcohol but the latter dropped it with the new testament. Seventh day adventists, Plymouth brethren, and some others still avoid the stuff.
Sadly, many religious people who bleat on about alcohol have no real clue about what it's actually like to drink it, nor do they ever bother researching the subject.

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

As an ex drinker, I feel I can speak with some gravity on the subject, and I have to say, drinking the stuff is actually a bit daft.
You deliberately ingest a poison, if you take even a little too much you do daft things and, the killer, hangovers are less than sweet.
Ner, once I stopped, I realised it was a silly hobby all along.

This isn't a religious message, more a common sense one.

Out here, not many people drink so you don't see drunks. The last ones I notice actually disgusted me. They were sitting around outside church, boozing in a kids' park, waiting to drive home.
How stupid is that?

Many people just take a glass of wine with dinner or have a beer with a mate.
I see absolutely no reason to object to them doing that and, as the amount of alcohol consumed is so small, they'll hardly see any difference in their abilities or behaviour.

Social drinking to me is okay. Nothing like a chat with friends over a cold beer or at a BBQ.

Everything in moderation.

Gone are the days where I used to drink 5 or 6 beers whilst deciding which pub to go to to have a few beers !!

mas fred wrote:

aryavrat wrote:

Religion says don't take so that you will get in Heaven...
........but anyway the basic fact is that once you take alcohol you are not the same who you are, before taking alcohol..

Islam and Christianity both forbid alcohol but the latter dropped it with the new testament. Seventh day adventists, Plymouth brethren, and some others still avoid the stuff.
Sadly, many religious people who bleat on about alcohol have no real clue about what it's actually like to drink it, nor do they ever bother researching the subject.

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

As an ex drinker, I feel I can speak with some gravity on the subject, and I have to say, drinking the stuff is actually a bit daft.
You deliberately ingest a poison, if you take even a little too much you do daft things and, the killer, hangovers are less than sweet.
Ner, once I stopped, I realised it was a silly hobby all along.

This isn't a religious message, more a common sense one.

Out here, not many people drink so you don't see drunks. The last ones I notice actually disgusted me. They were sitting around outside church, boozing in a kids' park, waiting to drive home.
How stupid is that?

Many people just take a glass of wine with dinner or have a beer with a mate.
I see absolutely no reason to object to them doing that and, as the amount of alcohol consumed is so small, they'll hardly see any difference in their abilities or behaviour.

I appreciate your comment Mas Fred.............
Its true lot of things we do just because we saw doing others without researching on it..........and all the bad habbits what we can say are the ones ...........But as you mentioned some people drink one or two and they are normal even after taking it .............its ok......

Regards,
Anil

aryavrat wrote:

I appreciate your comment Mas Fred.............
Its true lot of things we do just because we saw doing others without researching on it..........and all the bad habits what we can say are the ones ...........But as you mentioned some people drink one or two and they are normal even after taking it .............its ok......
Regards,
Anil

Did you do research on drinking?? I mean have you ever tested alcohol? So how you say it is good or bad??

mal wrote:

Did you do research on drinking?? I mean have you ever tested alcohol? So how you say it is good or bad??

Look at the effects of alcohol.
How many people dies.
Descriptions of the morning after.
News stories.
And so on....

That and ask Fred how many horrible ladies he woke up with that were beautiful when he chatted them up.

mas fred wrote:

mal wrote:

Did you do research on drinking?? I mean have you ever tested alcohol? So how you say it is good or bad??

Look at the effects of alcohol.
How many people dies.
Descriptions of the morning after.
News stories.
And so on....

That and ask Fred how many horrible ladies he woke up with that were beautiful when he chatted them up.

Heyy Fred am not a drinker my God.. I just opened this thread for you guys for a humorous topic! I dont say I never tasted alcohol in my life. For Christmas, as ladies we used to drink a small tiny glass of home-made wine made with king-coconut .... but it was many years ago and I do personally not like husbands to take liquor as it gave me too a hard life.. and now have no choice even to remember!

mal wrote:

aryavrat wrote:

I appreciate your comment Mas Fred.............
Its true lot of things we do just because we saw doing others without researching on it..........and all the bad habits what we can say are the ones ...........But as you mentioned some people drink one or two and they are normal even after taking it .............its ok......
Regards,
Anil

Did you do research on drinking?? I mean have you ever tested alcohol? So how you say it is good or bad??

Yes mal i have tested but i vomitted and after that i never had..........

aryavrat wrote:

Yes mal i have tested but i vomited and after that i never had..........

You are excused as you confessed!
anyway, you have to accept that you have tested.   Thats all!! whether vomited... or not!!
You know guys are making mistakes on these testing in life. Next time avoid testing too Anil hmmm Got it??

Pouring some alcohol on a fresh wound helps clean it up. Also gives a small jolt if the wound is slightly on the large side. Also is good when used as a rub down with some camphorated/eucalyptus oil.

That's as far as my experience with alcohol goes.

I hear you mas fred. Your views make good sense to me.

mal wrote:

aryavrat wrote:

Yes mal i have tested but i vomited and after that i never had..........

You are excused as you confessed!
anyway, you have to accept that you have tested.   Thats all!! whether vomited... or not!!
You know guys are making mistakes on these testing in life. Next time avoid testing too Anil hmmm Got it??

Testing can be done only once again and again you can use it..............

Farhaz wrote:

Pouring some alcohol on a fresh wound helps clean it up. Also gives a small jolt if the wound is slightly on the large side. Also is good when used as a rub down with some camphorated/eucalyptus oil.

That's as far as my experience with alcohol goes.

I hear you mas fred. Your views make good sense to me.

You are right Brother.........here we have a medicine to cleansing purpose which pure form of alcohol..........that no one drinks but it is alcohol...........

aryavrat wrote:

Farhaz wrote:

Pouring some alcohol on a fresh wound helps clean it up. Also gives a small jolt if the wound is slightly on the large side. Also is good when used as a rub down with some camphorated/eucalyptus oil.

That's as far as my experience with alcohol goes.

I hear you mas fred. Your views make good sense to me.

You are right Brother.........here we have a medicine to cleansing purpose which pure form of alcohol..........that no one drinks but it is alcohol...........

If you tried drinking that it's no wonder you threw up. There's substances in it to make you vomit. 

I have seen quite a few people throw up after having one too many

I was the designated first aid guy and the driver for my friends.

El_Jost wrote:

aryavrat wrote:

Farhaz wrote:

Pouring some alcohol on a fresh wound helps clean it up. Also gives a small jolt if the wound is slightly on the large side. Also is good when used as a rub down with some camphorated/eucalyptus oil.

That's as far as my experience with alcohol goes.

I hear you mas fred. Your views make good sense to me.

You are right Brother.........here we have a medicine to cleansing purpose which pure form of alcohol..........that no one drinks but it is alcohol...........

If you tried drinking that it's no wonder you threw up. There's substances in it to make you vomit. 

That is not possible for me even the other form of alcohol i will try then also i will vomit..........because i don't like the smell and taste both.........

mas fred wrote:

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

Hey, Fred. Do you have an opinion about the death penalty? (Smile)

Gordon Barlow wrote:

mas fred wrote:

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

Hey, Fred. Do you have an opinion about the death penalty? (Smile)

Yes, a strong one.
However, I try to avoid political issues on this forum as they always cause fights.
Other forums are far more suited to that type of question.

Very true, Fred. But I was just teasing you. I agree that EB is not the place to post controversial posts.

Gordon Barlow wrote:

mas fred wrote:

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

Hey, Fred. Do you have an opinion about the death penalty? (Smile)

I get your point Gordon. 
I agree, IMO any death penalty experts should have been hung, drawn and quartered at least 2 or 3 times before they start opinionating on this forum. 

occasionally and that too in limit is not harmful.

mas fred wrote:

Gordon Barlow wrote:

mas fred wrote:

In my humble opinion, no one should be able to speak as an authority on any subject unless they've actually experienced it, or have researched it properly.

Hey, Fred. Do you have an opinion about the death penalty? (Smile)

Yes, a strong one.
However, I try to avoid political issues on this forum as they always cause fights.
Other forums are far more suited to that type of question.

Yes please dont spoil my thread with 

@masfred

At least you picked lovely drop of ale, Newcastle brown, I drink it on the odd occasion when it is available in my local bottleshop here in Oz.

mal wrote:

mas fred wrote:

Gordon Barlow wrote:

Hey, Fred. Do you have an opinion about the death penalty? (Smile)

Yes, a strong one.
However, I try to avoid political issues on this forum as they always cause fights.
Other forums are far more suited to that type of question.

Yes please dont spoil my thread with 

So you are concerned abpout your thread , i was thinking like other OP they least bother after posting it..................