I don't mind a cold beer myself every now and then but I'm not going to go tell the teen group at the local church it's okay to drink cause Jesus did. I just thought that was common sense.

you didn't already think the world of Danny? I thought everyone did!!

He was grumpy at me one too many times at first!!!

It does say grumpy old man under my name. I do my best to keep it at a dull roar.

I still have him on blocked from the old days…..
But I do open it up to read….now…

How about enjoyment, does that qualify as an acceptable purpose? If not, why would anyone drink anything other than water?

Alcohol can be very relaxing after a stressful day.Good for your health.Stress kills.Ask any doctor.

I am getting relaxed….

Somewhere groups always seem to get whacky in their reasoning.
Reason in a warped thought process is just that, "warped".
Won't you all agree that hard work is a honorable trait. So if a guy makes a living moving refrigerators that is honorable ? Then stealing refrigerators is also an honorable living because it is hard work ?

Some want to go from their abstinence and put it on you by outlawing it. Or they could have other sinister notions and just have prohibition for the taxes. They argue alcohol kills and should be outlawed, but many have the same thoughts on guns. They want to shift the personal responsibility over to a society conscience for which there is none, it ultimately falls on the individuals choice and their conscience.

The nut groups also want to tie Jesus and John the Baptist to the Essenes that remained celibate, didn't partake of alcohol or meat. They kill two birds there. Jesus didn't make wine nor would he have done the miracle of feeding the fish.

There is such a thing as a dry drunk. They may have never tasted alcohol and yet have flaws that are worse than alcohol. The alcohol camouflages those flaws sometimes and the blame is shifted to alcohol.

Of course the social influence with fertility and romance has to be accounted for with mandrakes and alcohol all of which there is nothing new under the sun.

According to the American Medical Association, a glass of wine, a beer, or a shot of 'spirits' every day is recommended.

Sadly, I fail to keep up with that practice.

A little Scotch Whisky at bed time helps me go to sleep. So there is that.


Charlie

Me too.

You need to meet a doctor in Iowa then.

I’ll be the first to say that I hate a hangover with a passion. I limit and go to bed when I feel I’ve had enough. It DOES cloud the mind. And that makes saying “enough” difficult. I’m happy to say that I wake up without a pounding headache from too much beer 99 percent of the time.
You are right, we are all responsible for our actions.

Tomorrow it's a bloody Mary, a beer, and a cigar. Life is sweet.

WI Outdoors you know I’ve never had one in my life?? I see they make extravagant ones with pickles and Cornish Hens and boiled eggs tucked in!

In the Roman times they decreed that the soldiers should drink 3L of wine a day.. I don't think they're wine was as potent as today's wines or Rome wouldn't of lasted as long as it did. It is why Vinis venifera is so widely distributed across Europe as the Roman empire expanded and the plant was easy to grow from cuttings.

I don't drink a lot. A glass of wine most nights. Mainly just so I don't destroy a jug of tea or milk in one day. Beer is rare for me because I'm fairly sensitive to bitterness . I'll get a yenling or a Guinness just to have something to nurse on while waiting around at the golf course.

Alcohol itself might not have a purpose but the drinks themselves do. Diffirent drinks can help enhance a meal. It's why coffee and sweets are served together a lot. The bitterness of coffee nullifies the sweetness of whatever dessert you have. .

Now you got me thinking of this song so now you have to