I don't drink alcohol. At all. None. And what I find to be the best part about this is the reaction people give me after I tell them. I apparently have Asian Flush Syndrome. Essentially, I don't have an enzyme that breaks down alcohol. So when a normal person that is able to drink, drinks, he or she can break it down properly and so on and so forth. For me and anyone that suffers from this, we don't get that. It runs through our system and the most minuscule amount f*cks us up. Example, I went to Wisconsin Dells in high school with a bunch of buddies and we may or may not have acquired some alcohol. I allegedly drank 1 shot and broke out in the worst hives. It consumed my entire body and I was unhealthy red color.
At this point, you're probably sitting there thinking about how bad it must be that I can't drink.
And for awhile, I thought about how it was a curse. I really did. Until I started to really truly see what alcohol does to people. And now I thank whichever great power allowed it for me to not drink alcohol. A part of me also believes in the idea that my body is demonstrating a mutation to naturally tell me that alcohol should not be consumed.
I think that alcohol is an ego thing. I think for guys especially. Due to our current stereotypical norm, the guy has to hit on the girl, yada yada yada. However, for a lot of guys, rejection is a heavily feared result but with alcohol, they can utilize that as a scapegoat and excuse.
The bold statement of, "I can outdrink you" or any form of that is also an ego thing. Who the f*ck actually cares how much you can drink? Congrats, you're that much closer to getting Cirrhosis than me? I'll never truly understand people.
The stupidest sh*t always happens when people are drunk. Sometimes, the things that go down are actually really funny. But there are times where the worst sh*t happens. Example, when the Cubs won the world series, I was outside of a bar and 5 feet from me was a man who was being cheered on by the entire crowd surrounding us, to climb this light pole. As he got to the top, he fell and landed on the back of his head.
DUI's. You know someone with a DUI. I'll put money on it that someone knows a someone with a DUI. Do you realize how much money this costs? A stupid amount. What's the point? In my life of not being able to drink and being around it, I've never understood why people who are in no condition to drive, want to drive. It's actually shocking. But also selfish. Since I can't drink, I don't EVER have to worry about getting a DUI. Like that scenario is completely removed from my future.
Alcohol for the most part, seems to promise a special dream to those that become addicted. I've noticed that it presents a fantasy of muted thoughts. It reminds me a lot of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. People drink and drink in hopes that it will change their life for the better but it never does. It just sucks the life from them.
Think about it, if you did a study of a person and had them drink alcohol everyday for 10 years, he or she would be in some horrible condition. It's not even questionable, it's incontrovertible.
What I see alcohol as, is a poison and a fleeting sense of numbness. I would never want to be in a state where I cannot decide consciously. I don't want to find myself depending on alcohol as a resolution to all the problems in my life. Not being able to drink has forced me to grow up faster than the rest. It isn't that I wanted to; no. I had no choice. But now, as I'm slighly a bit older, I find myself understanding the actual beauty about not being able to drink. Everything's on me.
I ask that you just question alcohol and what it is truly doing for you. I want you to think about the realities of what it can do to you and what it will do to you. I write this because I actually care.
