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<\/a>Here’s an example of this stupidity.<\/p><\/div>\n
And no, I am not a \u201cFriend of Bill.\u201d (That\u2019s the Alcoholic Anonymous euphemism for being an alcoholic. I\u2019ve had way too many pals in the program, so, very sadly, I know that kind of thing.) I\u2019m also not a teetotaler, per se. Even though I really do believe that no one<\/em> should drink, for many reasons, there\u2019s only one reason I do not imbibe. And that is\u2026I detest the taste of alcohol!!! I don\u2019t know how anyone can even swallow that nastiness, especially beer. That substance tastes like vomit! For reals.<\/p>\n One time, I was with my good friend Joseph at a big public event, and his brother met us. Joseph offered his bro a drink, and didn\u2019t offer me one, so his sib said, \u201cMy brother very rudely didn\u2019t offer you a drink,\u201d whereupon I replied, \u201cHe knows I hate the taste of alcohol.\u201d To which the guy stated, \u201cYou\u2019re blessed,\u201d so I correctly figured-out his struggle with the substance right away.<\/p>\n Another time, my younger friend Lyndsey and I were having lunch when she was suffering a hangover from the night before, so we discussed drinking. All of a sudden, she asked shockingly, \u201cYou\u2019ve never<\/em> been drunk?!\u201d And I\u2019m proud to say that, yes, I never have.<\/p>\n But I\u2019m one of the few lucky ones for whom alcohol is not a temptation. I realize that. I\u2019m not preaching here.<\/p>\n And perhaps an even worse example!<\/p><\/div>\n I\u2019m just saying\u2014keep it to yourselves! People seem to think it\u2019s amusing to say they need a drink all the time. I can\u2019t go onto Facebook and not see at least three or four stupid images of people lauding drinking, with sayings like, \u201cIt\u2019s wine o\u2019clock somewhere,\u201d and \u201cVodka is getting me through this.\u201d And then their Facebook buddies get in on the action of calling for a drink. It\u2019s just creepy and disturbing. Are these people alcoholics? Or do they think it\u2019s cute and\/or amusing to talk about it all the time? Would it be okay to keep insisting they need a heroin<\/em> fix? Where does their \u201ccuteness\u201d end?<\/p>\n I\u2019m especially surprised when I see my fellow Brooklynites stating that stupidity. When and where did they learn that behavior??? Growing up there, all through high school and two years of college in that borough, I never saw any<\/em> of my compatriots drink! Never. I saw lots of marijuana smoking in those last two years, but never drinking, not even at my boyfriend\u2019s fraternity parties. We never even had \u201ckeggers\u201d in that neck of the woods. So why do they keep writing that they need a drink now<\/em>? Have their lives gotten so awful and desperate since we were teen-agers?<\/p>\n And one more not-at-all-funny meme.<\/p><\/div>\n I moved out here to LA in my late teens, for the next two years, and also saw only dope smoking, and a lot of cocaine, too. Then I moved to Rhode Island for the next two, and felt like a stranger in a strange land! All anybody ever did was drink! The group I was in, because of my boyfriend at the time, basically ostracized me for not drinking. It was crazy.<\/p>\n But, okay, that was all my own<\/em> experiences. But right now, I\u2019m just talking about the glorification<\/em> of booze. For another public example, Blake Shelton thought it was amusing to recently joke, \u201c2020 sucks and I refuse to spend another minute sober!\u201d That\u2019s the kind of thing I feel is totally unnecessary. I just don\u2019t get the thought process behind declarations like that.<\/p>\n Now, this is the kind of drinking meme that makes sense to me!<\/p><\/div>\n I\u2019m imploring anyone who reads this to think over your participation in the booze culture. And hopefully you\u2019ll realize that you should be part of of the solution, not the problem. If you need a cocktail or two every now and then, sure, go on and enjoy it. (As long as you\u2019re not driving or taking care of children.) But please, please, please\u2014stop thinking it\u2019s funny to advertise your \u201cneed\u201d for liquor all the time! No one needs to know about it. It\u2019s not cute, clever, or amusing. It just makes you seem desperate to fit in with the others who talk about it all the time. And you might just be hurting someone down the line. Everything in life has a ripple effect, and this is one pebble you do not want to cast.<\/p>\n And this one!<\/p><\/div>\n By the way, this is not about stopping anyone from drinking, (although that would also be a good thing.) It\u2019s about stopping you from mentioning<\/em> it all the time. But if you do<\/em> need some motivation to stop drinking, here\u2019s one article that I hope might help with that: www.self.com\/story\/a-young-woman-shared-a-shocking-photo-of-herself-to-raise-awareness-about-binge-drinking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PLEASE STOP WITH THE DRINKING JOKES AND MEMES ALREADY! Why do so many people, especially celebrities, think that it\u2019s cool to mention that they need\/want\/took a drink all the time? I don\u2019t get it. They should all be doing the opposite, since, especially in the case of the celebs, so many youngsters want to emulate<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>