Drinking what's the point?

It's the day after the second game of a Yankees vs. Red Sox game where the Red Sox tied the series 1-1. But it's the day of the game that I want to talk about and the drinking that ensued. Before the game started I began drinking. That was approximately 2:30pm. I didn't stop drinking until approximately 12:30 am. That's approximately 10 hours of drinking. What's the point?



Now I had fun don't get me wrong but today I feel like a bag of smashed assholes. My head hurts, I feel very sluggish, my eyes ache as I look at the screne as I type this. It's an aweful feeling. And I'm at work. Now is the fun I had the night of the game worth feeling like this today. I think so but really what's the point.



Now like most people when I drink I lose a lot of my inhabitions. Which sometimes I kind of like. I find that I can speak my mind more. It also feels like I have more fun. Now I don't drink to oblivian when I do drink. But because I have few opportunities to drink (by my own choice) when I do drink I drink a little more than I should. Which makes me feel the way that I do today.



Today it feels like I don't want to ever drink that much again. Even though I had an enjoyable time last night. Even though I know when the opportunity to do it again arises I will have forgotten todays feelings of sickness and wooziness and drink more than I should again and then I will feel this way again.


Now I'm gonna play devil's advocate here(great movie by the way). Drinking costs money(most of the time), it's bad for you and depending on how much you drink you can have some or all of these symptoms the next day: sluggishness, tired, sick, vomiting, blood shot eyes, bad bowel movements, and much much more unpleasentness. Why do people do it? They do it cause people (myself included) like the feeling when we are doing it. People live for the here and now. Many times they don't think about the future. Even when that future could be lost by drinking.

Am I going to stop drinking probably not. Should people drink responsibly...abso...freaking...lutely. Should I moderate myself better? Yep! Will I? I hope so. Drinking what's the point?

Some people drink to let them forget their problems. Is this a good thing? NO! This philosophy is a poor one and can lead to many more problems and might multiply their origional problems. I believe that people know what they are doing is wrong but they can't help themselves. They want to feel good. Even when it fucks everything up.

So drinking what's the point? I guess I can't answer that question. You may think that I am riding the fence on this one trying to play both sides. You're probably correct. I like to drink. Yet I try to do it responsibly and when I don't I pay the price and I will take it.

Ben