I'm helping a friend here (Laoda99) advertise his wife's video
for a competition. That video is done by her primary sch class. The
video is about not involving in drunken driving. :) I think it's v
nicely done and good effort is put into it and it shares an
important message to everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dETxDmIgZVQ
By the way, my mom recently almost died, bcos she drank quite a
bit of wine, wasn't alert and almost got knocked by a car driving
at high speed while crossing the road (like a few cm away from
death). In fact the car hit her handbag, but not her. I also drank
like 2 cups that time but probably wasn't as affected as her. (I
really seldom drink but there was free wine at the restaurant and I
just kept drinking.. lol) But I think my mom's incident is a sign I
should refrain. And anyway it is against the 5th precept. I'm truly
a bad example, I think most Buddhists in this forum don't
drink.
Maybe, other Buddhist practitioners can share their experience
and knowledge about the cons of drinking alcohol. Also I'm
interested to see how your practice is affected by alcohol. (i.e.
is your insight and samadhi being affected, and how?) For instance
Ken Wilber says half a cup of wine is enough to make his non dual
experience disappear, though our moderator Thusness says that
reports that while the body is drunk and out of control, cannot
walk straight, but awareness is still there and very clear... and
non-dual is not impaired. That is my experience also, though I
wasn't in nondual state at that time -- but I was still pretty
alert. Thusness also say mindfulness may be impaired depending on
the level of drunkedness.
Also, because of improved blood circulation, one becomes more
daring, etc. (that's why can sometimes lead to stupid acts)