Alcohol in moderation doesn't have the disastrous effects of smoking and while additive is not nearly so
intrinsically
all encompassing as smoking is.
I've seen people spend money they don't have on alcohol. I've thought someone in voice chat had a Southern drawl but was actually drunk all the time (which is very sad). I've seen the late stage effects of smoking killing THREE people though as it turned them into barely able to breath husks that eventually died of either cancer or not being able to breath, one of them in so much pain with her last weeks of hardly being able to gasp that her doctor essentially killed her with huge overdoses of morpheme to put her out of her misery (which seems to be an open secret method of euthanasia). Now a kid that was
in the car with one of them (his grandfather) as he died from inability to breath anymore
is a smoker. So is his dad who is a friend. And said friend's wife has to
hide money
to pay bills, and he needs surgery and his doctor said he WILL die if he doesn't stop his smoking and drinking. She lost a tooth and could never get dental work done over it because her husband spends all their money on alcohol and cigarettes. Their house needs work done that WOULD be done if he didn't smoke or drink so much. Even when he has guests he'll still make excuses to go out and hang out with his drinking buddy, or be sent on an errand but have an excuse to not go then return without the money he was supposed to spend on necessities.
Now my nephew smokes. One who was so detached from reality when he was a teenager he suggested they just kill smokers to solve the problem. (I don't know where he got that from, but he may have just said it to bug me.) Somehow, he smokes. I am extremely upset at whoever the moron is who tempted him.
If you smoke, give it up ASAP. Especially if you have family. Even if the smoking doesn't sap your money away that should be spent on house work or vehicles or your kid's education and such, you're still taking a risk of killing yourself and depriving your family of yourself far sooner than they should lose you. It's absolutely depressing and disgusting. I am extremely grateful I've never been tempted. Growing up with yellow house walls and a mother that smoked probably helped though. She still died, but at least her last few years were smoke free and she remarked how much better she felt after withdrawal ended.
I just can't believe even kids who saw their relatives turn into pale husks who eventually died have still started smoking. It's absolutely unthinkable to me.
As to the topic alcohol at best usually tastes like tainted fruit juice to me. I think beer is disgusting and wine is typically a fruit juice with a bit of Listerine mixed in. I don't swear off alcohol though. I've had wine coolers or wine at special events or 'hard' lemonade on occasion but I don't go out of my way for it. I hope I'm never ever tempted with tobacco though. That reminds me of the time I took a sip of 'my' soda and grabbed the wrong can. It was my cousin's chewing tobacco spit can. ...yeah
MarceloSampaio posted...
As for smoking... even the smell bothers me. And it bothers me even more is that people who smoke constantly don't even notice they end up smelling like ass all the time.
Here in Wisconsin a decade or so ago a smoking ban in public buildings went into effect. There was all kinds of doom and gloom that all the bars would go out of business and such. Our current Republican governor boasted as he campaigned he would get rid of the ban.
By the time he and his government were in office, people had some time to
experience restaurants without smoking allowed
. Suddenly after experiencing how nice it is not to have stench floating around while eating, even into non smoking sections, the ban became far more popular than not!
