I stumbled across http://www.alcoholfreesociallife.com/blog/ recently and I have to say that they produce excellent content on their blog. Articles about the impacts of alcohol on the human body got me to their site but the articles about how to deal with being a non-drinker are most impressive. Their real world advise and tips about what to say to offers and how alcohol can impact you psychologically are very insightful. They offer most of their info from the perspective of somebody who is trying to stop drinking but a lot of the same principles apply to someone who never really starts.
Just to reference one tidbit from the blog post about the psychology of alcohol, it is no secret that alcohol is indeed a depressant. If you are already depressed, then why in the world would you want to ingest a substance to push you even further down that scale of emotion. Drowning your sorrows does nothing but make you feel even worse. For that matter, if you are happy, why would you feel the need to bring yourself down to a lower level. There is quite a bit more on this site that is equally relevant to someone deciding if alcohol serves any real purpose for them.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Too much alcohol really does make you stupid!!
A friend of mine recently sent me a link to a news story about a guy that managed to get himself arrested for DUI twice in the same night. Getting arrested once was apparently not good enough for this genius. While in the squad car, he managed to get to the front seat and proceeded to drive off. Fortunately, nobody was actually hurt but that is not always the case. You can find several references of DUI fatalities every single day across the country.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drunk drivers accounted for 32% of all automobile fatalities in 2008. The NHTSA also provided data that showed over 17 Million people drove within 2 hours of drinking in 2008. That means that a shocking 8% of the drivers on the road were under the influence in 2008.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drunk drivers accounted for 32% of all automobile fatalities in 2008. The NHTSA also provided data that showed over 17 Million people drove within 2 hours of drinking in 2008. That means that a shocking 8% of the drivers on the road were under the influence in 2008.
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