Blame it on the alcohol?

Maybe my insomnia is getting to me, but I seem to remember that today was supposed be a very important holiday..? Oh yes! It is revert-into-a-fratboy-day, a wondrous time to gather 'round the fire with our family and friends while we belt out ridiculous irish tunes, spill beer all over ourselves and become obnoxiously loud, fight starting people. Ah... the holidays. Don't you just love them?

While there is nothing wrong with a drink or two, a lot of people use this day, or practically any reason to release our gastric juices all over the bathroom floor, or any well meaning individual trying to help us in our time of need and hair holding. What is it about embarrassing yourself, getting sick and forgetting more than half the night, that people find so appealing?

Uh-uh. Gotcha. Quick! Let me get the time machine so I can pass this on to Webster and forever alter the history of mankind for the better!

zoooooom

Oh would you look at that:

enjoyable/ɪndʒ'ɔɪəbəl

adj.

Acting out the behavior of

a two year old mentally 

disabled monkey on crack.

Ex. I was surprised to find, that after an 

enjoyable night with my girlfriend, she 

broke up with me. 

Walking around the student annex in my school I hear multiple times a day, "Duuuuuuuuuuu-uuuuude, I got SO wasted last night!! I don't remember anything! double chest bump. It was awesome!!"

Sigh

The need to inebriate ourselves so we can actually act like "ourselves," is a ridiculous concept. It is understandable that we all have some mental barriers that hold us back from acting how we truly wish to behave. But there is a whole world of difference between removing one brick, and bringing the whole wall down. We use alcohol like it was zoloft, when there are much more deep rooted problems. Alcohol is a drug people! Perhaps not an illegal one like cannabis, but it can still be as -- or even more damaging to our bodies than weed. Yes, weed will make you slow, dumb and raid fridges like a bear stumbling out of hibernation on a family camp ground, but it does not destroy your body as severely as alcohol does. 

Alcohol not only kills your liver, and brain cells, but can lead to dementia if routinely abused. Its not as if we do not already know this, but it is joked about so often that it is not taken as seriously as it should be. It also is the precursor of unprotected sex, inappropriate behavior and worst of all, drunk driving. When we drive drunk we only think of the consequences we ourselves may face, and so we are constantly on our guard for the cops who might catch us, when instead we should be afraid of ourselves. Turning the key, is like loading a gun. The unfortunate thing is we think we are good to go merely because we are awake, when this is not the case. You do not need to be passed out on the floor to be drunk, only impaired. Alcohol is a depressant, slowing down our nervous system, our thought process and reflexes. Those last two are the most important factors everyone should consider before they get into their cars this evening. 

I had much more to say, but there are other things in this world to do besides live on the internet. So I leave you with this. Getting fucked up, not fun. Not fun during, not fun after. Remember this. Lastly, while celebrating tonight all I ask is that you practice safe sex, safe driving and free love!

Deuces.