Mindful Drinking

One of the major plagues that is visited on America, confirmed by research,  indicates three-quarters (3/4) of our citizens drink alcoholic beverages. One could discuss endlessly the myriad problems which result. Hopefully the tide is changing. Millennials seem to be moving toward a lessening of the depth of that plague.

Relatively new to that issue is the terminology.  “Mindful Drinking” is a move to persuade drinkers to spend more time thinking about the “goal of staying present and analyzing the physical and psychological effects of drinking. “The goal is more that they would have a healthier relationship to [alcohol] than to drink more or less.” (TIME)

Here is one of the groups:

CLUB SÖDA and its ilk aren’t necessarily helping people get sober. Warrington and her cofounder, Biet Simkin, are careful to state before each event that CLUB SÖDA is not an addiction recovery group, and Simkin estimates that only 30% of attendees never drink. The group isn’t even angling for people to drink less, though that’s often the result. Instead, it’s more about cultivating “mindfulness around drinking, and questioning what effort are they actually putting toward bliss in their life, other than shooting mezcal down,” Simkin says.

I have a better idea. It will take less “thinking,” reduced “analyzation,” and comes with positive “psychological effects.” Additionally one will discover the possibilities of living without the “crutch” that invariably leads to destruction of one degree or another. Try this counsel:

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Proverbs 20:1)

Wise up!! Stop it!