Tag: Alcoholic

‘The bad taste to the tongue is always good for health’. It is a common psyche we inherit from our ancestors and parents. But I am sorry not in this case, not in the case of alcohol. Alcohol tastes bad and is bad for health too!!! A few studies claim if you have it in moderate quantities, it is good for your body. But in this article, it is not the body I am concerned about... the subject in question is ‘THE MIND.’ And if the mind gets affected, the mind-body balance also gets affected.  Sink into your mind that mental health is the controller of the entire human system. And the body cannot be healthy without a healthy mind. And did we say ‘moderate quantity’? Do we mean it? Let us talk practically. How many of the drinkers seriously know the meaning of responsible drinking or moderate drinking? And even if they know it, how many alcohol drinkers follow it?  Let me present a fact before you as a testimony. Deaths caused because of alcohol worldwide is 3.3 million(approx) every year.   Don’t you think the definition of ‘moderate’ in case of alcohol is subjective? My dear friend... the effects and after-effects of alcohol are not the same on everyone’s body and mind. If we talk about the mind, a person gets high in one drink while the other needs a bottle to reach the same state. In the case of the body, metabolism has a major role to play how everybody digests alcohol. And the metabolism of every individual is different. Even in the case of hangovers, a couple of drinks can cause hangover to a person while a person who gulped half a bottle last night wakes up fresh today. If we refer to the scientific studies, two drinks in men and one drink in a woman daily can be good for one’s health. Sorry, but I don’t agree with it. Which health are they talking about... physical or mental, it is not clear? And even if we assume that they are referring to both the health aspects, don’t you think this finding is impractical?  If you ask me, I  say this finding is subjective. Maybe an occasional single drink is harmful to me but your health permits you to have three drinks daily. Maybe you follow a healthy diet so your health allows you to have it. And my diet is full of junky fats, and a single drink can be disastrous. It is different in case of every individual. Even if we talk about the transformation within a person, a daily drinker who gets high in one drink today might need two drinks to reach the same state after a month. And the level seeking the same intoxication might reach to four after a year. The quota keeps on increasing. And now if you ask me who is an alcoholic? Straight out, if you are a daily drinker, I shall call you an alcoholic. Because rarely people stick to the fixed daily count. I know, you are not liking this article if you are a...