alcohol

This isn't an I'm giving up alcohol post, this is more of an observation piece. I still be drinking. This idea came about after just really taking a close look at drinking culture. I worked at a pub for 4 years and I've seen the many different sides of alcohol and the effect it has on people.



The first thing I actually find quite fascinating is the way people react when someone refuses a drink or says they don't drink. It's usually "cmon just have on, don't be a fader, etc." or as soon as you tell them you aren't a drinker, you can see their mind almost thinking " I wonder if they have a drinking problem". I sit back and think why is it so bizarre for not to drink? Shouldn't the bizarre, questionable thing be when people pressure others to just have a drink? I'm guilty of it with someone I used to be friends with, ( not the reason we not friends anymore though) I would say shes boring and no fun. Why did I feel that the only way to have fun is to drink? but with my boyfriend who's not much of a drinker, I'd sometimes take the shots for him. I think that could be down to some maturity and also a little bit just wanting to get drunk. There are situations where people will be doing drugs and offer someone, that someone will decline and the person doing the drugs usually is respectful and doesn't push. School lied to us, I've been pressured way more to drink than I have been to do drugs.

Drinking is the norm, for most people all over the world, you finish a hard days work and you go to your favourite bar to have a few drinks and unwind, but people that wanna go home put the tv on and smoke say a joint get frowned upon. Its because alcohol is the more accepted of the "taboos", "addictions". But it's not the least harmful, let's be real. Its because drinking is a vibe.

I've recently become introduced the cocktail culture, J got a job at a cocktail bar and its a different experience, its almost a hole in the wall. If you don't know what you looking for you could miss it, its the epitome of what hipsters love but is too cool for hipsters. The staff are family and not in that, we work together and spend 80% of my time with your kind family. I  mean it can border on too much time spent together but my point is the thing that bought them together is alcohol. Parts of their personality is alcohol, mixing drinks, what goes good with what.

The thing that I sometimes sit back and think (when I'm having an existential crisis) is people get addicted to this, this destroys lives and families just like any other hard drug. But its more acceptable, why? It baffles me.