It’s a Spirit
I know there are people who have lost family and friends as a result of
people being intoxicated behind the wheel of an automobile. For centuries we
have referred to alcohol as a spirit. You can ride down the highway and see a
flashing sign that says SPIRTS. We know
what that is. We know we can pull in and buy something to drink and it will
change who we are.
I attend several college football games each year
and I see the drinking that goes on especially with students who are in school.
The universities are not only producing our next great leaders and educators
but they are producing our next generations’ alcoholics. Nobody knows who is
going to drink for the first time and then two years later develop a drinking
problem that they cannot kick unless something supernatural happens in their
life. Parents who are not addicted to alcohol but drink socially in their home
are sending the message to their children that it is socially acceptable. You
have no idea if your child will become an alcoholic or not. You are gambling
with your child’s future. Remember, alcohol is called a spirit and spirits
deceive which is what alcohol has done for centuries. Please do not fall into
the trap of feeling that just because you drink sociably and can stop anytime that
all an alcoholic has to do is just stop. That is not the case.
I wanted to drink two beers and stop my entire life and stop
but never accomplished it. This spirit is deceiving humanity and will continue
to do so. I want to encourage families out there to not accept what society
says is okay. Your child may be the next that can’t stop and it started with a
glass of wine at your dinner table that you said is okay. Let’s stop
introducing the drug that is the number one killer of life in America to our
children.
Alcohol,
it is a drug.
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