The Booze Blues
Raise your hand if you like the occasional alcoholic beverage. If you raised your hand please continue reading. If you didn't then what the hell are you doing reading my blog. Please walk down to the nearest alcohol serving establishment and have a few dozen.
So the remainder of this rant is for the rest of us. Those who are educated in the beauty and the beast of your favorite alcoholic beverage. Now lets cut the crap and get down to it.
I love booze. I love it for its complicated tastes. I love how it can complete a meal, an event or an outing. I love its medicinal purposes. It can brighten a day, relax you, and help you sleep.
Now for the dark side. If you are in a shit mood it exaggerates that emotion. Alcohol is a depressant. We all know that, but then why do we lean towards it when we are in difficult periods of our life? I don't know about you but I actually try and stay away from the booze during my dark periods. I don't need any help going down the darker side of life. My main complaint isn't the day of drinking, its the couple of days after. A friend and I were talking about it, and we both get the booze blues. And when I say drinking, I mean drinking. Not Irish style drinking, but we aren't talking about 1 or 2 drinks here. You don't necessarily have to feel hungover to experience the booze blues, but its something that it does to the chemical make-up of your brain that makes you feel down for a few days after a bender.
So where am I headed with this? Well summer is coming to a close and with it a lot of the good drinking opportunities. I think this new age buddha is going to hang up his drinking shoes for awhile. Now don't get upset. I will continue to drink. Just not going to drink to the same level. I.e. No more shooters!!!
Cheers
So the remainder of this rant is for the rest of us. Those who are educated in the beauty and the beast of your favorite alcoholic beverage. Now lets cut the crap and get down to it.
I love booze. I love it for its complicated tastes. I love how it can complete a meal, an event or an outing. I love its medicinal purposes. It can brighten a day, relax you, and help you sleep.
Now for the dark side. If you are in a shit mood it exaggerates that emotion. Alcohol is a depressant. We all know that, but then why do we lean towards it when we are in difficult periods of our life? I don't know about you but I actually try and stay away from the booze during my dark periods. I don't need any help going down the darker side of life. My main complaint isn't the day of drinking, its the couple of days after. A friend and I were talking about it, and we both get the booze blues. And when I say drinking, I mean drinking. Not Irish style drinking, but we aren't talking about 1 or 2 drinks here. You don't necessarily have to feel hungover to experience the booze blues, but its something that it does to the chemical make-up of your brain that makes you feel down for a few days after a bender.
So where am I headed with this? Well summer is coming to a close and with it a lot of the good drinking opportunities. I think this new age buddha is going to hang up his drinking shoes for awhile. Now don't get upset. I will continue to drink. Just not going to drink to the same level. I.e. No more shooters!!!
Cheers
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