Recently I came across this shocking revelation. Srilanka has the highest Per capita consumption of liquor in the world. Did you know this? I’m disgusted to say the least. I for one have never had this evil liquid considering I come from a strict but not orthodox bohra background where cigarettes and alcohol are taboo.
Many of my friends drink. Its a fashion of sorts for them. They are POSH because they drink whereas i'm a "Godey" girl because i don't. Besides I have seen many people write “Over a drink”, “At this bar with so and so”, “We went for a drink”, “Buba thingy was good”, “We were in high spirits”, “Yay….time for some Bacardi” And so on right here on Kottu, surprisingly though not by men but by female bloggers as if it’s the only thing they had happen in their sad lives that was blog worthy when they came to the blogsphere. SICK bitches.
Thanks for branding me “backward girl” immediately!. I knew your reaction anyway.
Alcohol has been the scourge of human society since time immemorial. It continues to cost countless human lives, and causes terrible misery to millions throughout the world. Alcohol is the root cause of several problems facing society. The statistics of soaring crime rates, increasing instances of mental illnesses and millions of broken homes throughout the world bear mute testimony to the destructive power of alcohol.
1. Prohibition of alcohol in the Qur’an
The Glorious Qur’an prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verse:
“O ye who believe! Intoxicants and Gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an Abomination — of Satan’s handiwork; eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.” [AL-Qur’an 5:90]
2. Prohibition of alcohol in the Bible
The Bible prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verses:
a. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” [Proverbs 20:1]
b. “And be not drunk with wine.” [Ephesians 5:18]
3. Alcohol inhibits the inhibitory centre
The human beings possess an inhibitory centre in their brains. This inhibitory centre prevents the person from doing things that he considers wrong. For instance a person does not normally use abusive language while addressing his parents or elders. If he has to answer the call of nature, his inhibitory centre will prevent him from doing so in public. Therefore he uses the toilet.
When a person consumes alcohol, the inhibitory centre itself is inhibited. That is precisely the reason that an inebriated person is often found to be indulging in behavior that is completely uncharacteristic of him. For instance the intoxicated person is found to use abusive and foul language and does not realize his mistake even if he is addressing his parents. Many even urinate in their clothes. Neither do they talk nor walk properly. They even misbehave.
4. Cases of adultery. rape. incest and AIDS are found more among alcoholics
Statistics tell us that the majority of the rapists were intoxicated while committing the crime. The same is true in cases of molestation. Almost all the cases of incest are due to intoxication of one or both the persons involved.
One of the major factors associated with the spread of AIDS, the most dreaded disease, is alcoholism.
5. Every alcoholic was initially a social drinker
Many may argue in favor of liquor by calling themselves ‘social drinkers’. They claim that they only have one or two pegs and they have self-control and so never get intoxicated. Investigations reveal that every alcoholic started as a social drinker. Not a single alcoholic or drunkard initially starts drinking with the intention of becoming an alcoholic or a drunkard. No social drinker can say that I have been having alcohol for several years and that I have so much self-control that I have never been intoxicated even a single time.
6. If a person is intoxicated just once and commits something shameful. It will remain with him for a lifetime.
Suppose a ‘social drinker’ loses his self-control just once. In a state of intoxication he commits rape or incest. Even if the act is later regretted, a normal human being is likely to carry the guilt throughout his life. Both the perpetrator and the victim are irreparably and irreversibly damaged.
7. According to Islam, Allah’s curse falls on ten groups of people who deal with alcohol.
The one who distills it,
The one for whom it has been distilled,
The one who drinks it,
The one who transports it,
The one to who it has been brought,
The one whom serves it,
The one who sells it,
The one who utilizes money from it,
The one who buys it and
The one who buys it for someone else.
8. Diseases associated with alcoholism
There are several scientific reasons for the prohibition of consumption of intoxicants i.e. alcohol. The maximum number of deaths in the world related to any one particular cause is due to the consumption of alcohol. Millions of people die every year only because of intake of alcohol. I need not go into the details of all the ill-effects of alcohol since most of them are commonly known.
9. Alcoholism is a ‘disease’
Some medical doctors (who themselves are alcoholics) have now turned liberal towards alcoholics and call alcoholism a disease rather than an addiction.
If alcohol is a disease, it is the only disease that:
- Is sold in bottles
- Is advertised in newspapers, magazines, on radio and television
- Has licensed outlets to spread it
- Produces revenue for the government
- Brings violent deaths on the highways
- Destroys family life and increases crime
- Has no germs or viral cause
Now what say you?
Go... Get drunk people... get drunk... !!!!