It's not just the kids laughing at you. But, at least I am not doing it behind your back.

I have a real problem with people who abuse alcohol on a regular basis (or even embrace the very idea of it with witty little sayings like "beer goggles") but stand on their moral high ground when it comes to so-called "drugs". Alcohol is a drug, people. You can rationalize that fact away all you like, but it still has the same affects on your brain as any other "drug". The fact that alcohol is so widely embraced by our nation is and always will be disturbing to me.

Being the son of an abusive, alcoholic stepfather, I never touched a drop of alcohol until I was 35. Never once. And even now, I never get stupid drunk. Occasionally, I will allow myself to get a little "altered", but only in contolled circumstances, and when I will not be a hazard to society. But, that's just me...

DM