drinking

[MacFall]

The only way to preserve grape juice at that time was through fermentation. They didn't have pasteurization and they didn't have refrigeration. The idea that they often drank unfermented wine is a conceit of the modern, post-refrigeration age (and one that is ignorant of how juices and wines are actually processed in general). Grapes begin to ferment mere hours after they are harvested. Even in a cool cellar, they rot after a few days unless they are allowed to ferment. Besides, if you study Jewish culture at all you would know that they had no taboo against alcohol consumption, and fresh grape juice was consumed neither at Passover nor at weddings.

In fact it is an agricultural impossibility for fresh grape juice to have been consumed at Passover. Grapes are harvested in the fall in the Middle East; Passover is in the spring. Either they drank real wine, with alcohol, at Passover, or they drank vinegar. But we know they didn't drink vinegar. They drank wine. And it would have to have been a wine with a fairly high alcohol content in order to be preserved for the six-month period between harvest and the feast.

 

[Andres88]

I drink once a week or every two weeks, but moderately. Basically get the drinks and go to one of my friends' house. I don't do bars/discos because I dislike so much what happens in them . It's like if everything was muy loco for everyone. Watching what happens after people get drunk in those places is definitely something that drives me away from there.

As for church, when I was in a Baptist church, we just used grape juice, with no alcohol. The wine used in my parish has alcohol.

 

[armyman_83]

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[zijincheng]

I consider myself fortunate that I absolutely hate the taste of alcohol as I have a rather addictive personality, but nothing wrong with a few beers here and there.

 

[EazyMack]

At 29 years old, I have had 0 drinks in my lifetime.

Because I'm a rebellious, non-conformist of sorts, and don't want to drink just because everyone else does it.

 

[Boopie]

I drink, but I am responsible with it.

 

[Luna1991]

I started drinking socially & at parties around the time it became legal (18 here in Aus). But in what seemed like no time at all, I was drinking heavily, alone and dangerously. Soon I couldn't face any social situations without having a few drinks. I got to the point where I couldn't drink any where but at home, cause I would end up in hospital getting my stomach pumped and what have you.

Been to rehab, been in therapy, done meetings and so on. Slowly making my way into recovery. Crazy thing is, no matter how much evidence I have hat I have an addictive chemistry, and therefore cannot drink alcohol normally, I still never intend to have more than a few drinks each time I start drinking. Such a strange disease.

Anyway, I suppose I'm just sharing cause I hope those who don't drink yet (and intend to in the future) will make sure they're aware of the warning signs of addiction - I was far too trapped in the disease before I even considered the idea that I might be an alcoholic.

 

[Joyly]

I have a fear of alcohol because I grew up with an alcoholic mother. I see what it can do and it freaks me out.
I only drank one time. I had some wine and it made me very tired and I just fell asleep shortly after.
I don't plan on drinking again.

 

[cre8087]

I don't really like the thought of drinking because it's destroying a few members of my family, however, i drink socially, say with friends while just hanging around talking but I'd never want to get completely wasted.

 

[FlowerGirl18]

I am 18 and legally I am allowed to drink but I don't by choice. It's just not what I want to do. Honestly, I think the only alcohol or alcohol-resembling thing I never had was the communion wine.. It's just my choice. I don't see the point in drinking, nor do I have the desire to do so. I just know it's possible to have a great time and be social with your friends without having drinks. I am not condemning people who drink in moderation though, but to those giving into the sin of drunkenness I can only say one word: repent. Love the sinner, hate the sin.

 

[Maka]

I don't drink and I have no interest in it. My parents were a big influence in that because they don't drink either.

 

[mina]

I never had any interest in drinking. Mainly b/c I had a brother that abused it and I didn't want to be like him or put our parents through what they went through with him. So, I never had a drink until I was 29. My husband likes wine and I'll have a glass with dinner every now and then, but it' nothing that I HAVE to have.

 

[KitKatMatt]

I waited until I was 21 to ever try drinking.

It was terrible to me I could only manage a tiny sip of each thing I tried, it's not my thing at all.

Most people here drink only to get drunk though, so maybe that's a good thing.

 

[Honey Bee]

I don't drink.

 

[Dreamer88]

is drinking once or twice a year considered still sinful?

 

[dogs4thewin]

is drinking once or twice a year considered still sinful?

It is a sin to get drunk; therefore so long as you are not drunk you can drink socially three and four times a week if you want.

 

[kds1986]

I'm a social drinker,but plan not on really drinking this year.

 

[Krisuvial1992]

I'm planning on drinking when I turn 21 in a few months, and am looking forward to it! I think I will let myself get drunk once, that way I can tell my kids yes, I did get drunk once and here are all the reasons not to. But if I do I am planning on doing it with people I completely trust so they can keep me from doing anything dangerous or regretful.

 

[Cearbhall]

I don't plan to drink outside of the house until I'm 21, even at college, mostly for fear of getting in trouble with authorities or accidentally drinking too much.

I've only had wine. I don't like the taste much and losing control of myself doesn't appeal to me, so I don't think I'll ever be a heavy drinker.

 

[BlueLioness]

How many of you drink or intend to drink upon reaching legal age?

My little sister is 23 years old and she told me that beer is the "most horrible tasting crap I've ever had."

I don't think she'll ever drink again regardless of her age.

I've never tasted beer but I have no intention on drinking or becoming a drinker.