Recently, someone concerned with my alcohol abuse sent me the fallowing e-mail. Their e-mail is in italics.
Myth: Alcohol gives you energy.
Nope. It's a depressant. It slows down your ability to think, speak, move and
all that other stuff you like to do.
I like to fall downstairs, slur my speech and not be able to hit a pool ball
because I see 3 of them, alcohol certainly helps with that.
Myth: Switching between beer, wine and liquor will make you more drunk than
sticking to one type of alcohol.
Whatever! Your blood alcohol content (BAC - the percent of alcohol in your
blood) is what determines how drunk you are. Not the flavors you selected.
Alcohol is alcohol.
Great, so I’ll drink a fifth of vodka one weekend and 6 pack of beer
the next weekend and I’m going to get the same drunk? I don't think so
Myth: A cold shower or a cup of coffee will sober someone up.
Not on your life. Nothing sobers you up but time. With coffee, you're simply
a wide-awake drunk!
Coffee? Ever heard of redbull? And wide awake drunk kicks some serious ass.
Myth: The worst thing that can happen is a raging hangover.
Sorry. If you drink enough alcohol, fast enough, you can get an amount in your
body that can kill you in only a few hours.
So don't do like the girl did at U. of Colorado and start drinking at 12 noon
and don't stop till 7 am the next day when you pass out. That’s 19 hours
of straight drinking. Doesn’t sound like a few hours to me.
Myth: Alcohol makes you more sexy.
The more you drink, the less you think.. And then there's pregnancy, AIDS,
sexual assault, car crashes and worse, to worry about. Not sexy at all.
Wixom gets sexier when women drink. The drunker they are the better I look.
The better I look the chances of me getting action go way up. They didn't mention
that mentality did they?
Myth: Drugs are a bigger problem than alcohol.
Alcohol kills 6 ½ times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin,
and every other illegal drug combined. Ten million Americans are addicted to
alcohol. Alcohol is the No. 1 drug problem of today's youth.
Then why are they illegal when they kill less people than alcohol does?
Myth: People who drink too much only hurt themselves.
Every person who drinks has a mother, grandfather, sister, aunt, best friend,
boyfriend or girlfriend who worries about them. Each of the 12 million problem
drinkers in this country affects four other people.
Seeing how my parents are the only ones who care about me and my drinking doesn't
bother them, I would say this one isn't true.
Myth: It's just beer. It can't permanently damage you.
Large amounts of alcohol can do major damage to your digestive system. You
can hurt your heart, liver, stomach, and several other critical organs as well
as losing years from your life.
Notice how they say "Large amounts." They don't say that people who
drink a 6 pack every two weeks actually live longer than people that don't
drink at all. Looks like beer is healthy for you after all.
That’s all for now folks.
32, 098 alcoholics agree with me.