juz wanna share abit on this topic of beer from my own
experience. used to be a hardcore drinker drinking at least 3 nites
a week doing alot of hard liquor and beer. went on like this
for almost a decade since army days til 2007. now i don't
touch any liquor, even during wedding dinners and gatherings drink
coke.
alcohol is something that ends up creating harm all of the time.
even the best behaved person can become a demon under the influence
of alcohol. what really is happening is uncontrolled feeding of
pent up energies, anger is fed with more anger, sadness with more
sadness, even 'happiness' is fed with more 'happiness'.
but of cos, there's no healing in reality. even the seemingly
happiness is actually causing more sufferings from the cravings of
these parties.
then there's also the spillover effect. our attention span
becomes shorter, we tire more easily, become physically weaker,
liver also affected, become very much poorer ( used to be spending
at least 2k a month). and the lifestyle surrounding alcohol becomes
a major force in shaping the other aspects of our lives.
anyway i dun think this is just an exclusively Buddhist
teaching. it is a universal teaching which we will have to learn,
be it from the easy or hard way.
Agreed.. good post. Glad you overcame the habit, 2k is really
alot o.0