Way on down where they’ve been forgotten
City just sinking with the whole world watching
Wading waste deep in water, living on my roof in the land of forgotten
Hey, to the deaf giant with the big muscles why ya moving so slow
Con, conquer and dividing, hole in the bucket got nothing to show

‘Gov Did Nothin’ – John Butler Trio’

For a while now I have been thinking about the topic of alcohol. For some reason a lot of people seem to see getting piss faced (drunk, smashed, wasted, pissed – etc) as fun. I simply don’t understand this attraction. Personally I only drink for social reasons – if it weren’t for that I wouldn’t drink at all. Even when I do drink I don’t get drunk. I simply don’t see the point.

Think of it this way a binge: is expensive (generally), bad for your health (long term damage), potentially dangerous (alcohol does impair your decision making abilities) as well as leaving you feeling terrible the next day. I understand that alcohol can lead to some fun times but there is nothing attractive in someone vomiting – or other things like that.

Ah well, in the end it is the individuals choice – I’m not going to go and stop people doing what they want.

I just find it a little bit sad.

<UPDATE> Since writing this my attitudes have changed slightly. This post was written as a reaction to something that happened in my life – from that situation the view expressed above developed. </UPDATE>

Goodnight… by ~WorldOfIllusion on deviantART