BOOZE, BOTTLES, BEER

I've never really understood the reason people get so drunk and exhibit unruly behaviour in public. Growing up in a Christian home, I never witnessed the result of drinking to stupor, if there is one credit I give my father, it is the fact that he never came home drunk to slap anybody around. So there was no exposure to the inebriated side of life at all. Some of my friends have said that in their formative years, they had uncles who were drunks, brothers who were winos, fathers who could not have a meal without getting high first and they themselves began to drain the beer bottles right from childhood and through this persistent situations, my friends were all familiar with the alcoholic way of life.

People who are never sober these days have different reasons for finding solace in the arms of beer bottles. Some have said it is to drown their sorrows, some take alcohol to forget pressing issues, some take alcohol as a means of release or escape and weirdly, some have said they get the best inspiration for successful projects while they are completely wasted.

There were so many Do's and Don'ts that surrounded my life while growing up and as these rules helped me to live a sheltered life, they also contributed to the fact that I began to stumble on things I should have known as a teenager only when I became an adult. In our home, Sex was not discussed, it was never touched on, it was seriously avoided and was considered a thing of darkness. Alcohol was non-existent. Smoking was not even an issue, it gave my dear mother serious catarrh just by walking pass any bar.

Can you see where the word "fun" points to?

So finally, I tasted alcohol after gaining emancipation from my parents, (this actually means when I began to suffer to pay rent for myself) which brings me to the nub of today's post. My experience when I was high was that of an out-of-body experience as I saw things from another perspective which is not giving two hoots about so many things that bothered me on a normal day. My inhibitions dropped, there was absolutely no guard at all and my sense of what is right or wrong was very faint. At this point, I would say "yes" to anything but thankfully I was indoors so the "yes-es" I said were not very damaging. Truly, alcohol frees the soul. But we all know better.

Best place to sleep in

 This made me think of girls who go clubbing and get seriously wasted. At this point, they are with total strangers, new acquaintances, admirers, sugar daddies or mostly those kind of crowd who probably do not have their best interests at heart, those who need just one thing from them. In this state, girls who are drunk are very submissive because their right-thinking mind has become warped and they would do things they would not do naturally. I once saw a girl in a famous Lagos Club displaying from the effects of strong alcohol, she was with some guys who had initially approached me to go home with them after showing me some wads of serious cash. This girl jumped on top of the glass table in the club and started dancing, twisting, weaving and before we all knew it, she tripped on spilled drink on the table and could not get up. She had to be dragged off the table by the notorious money-brandishing guys who later took her home or wherever it was they went to "slaughter the chicken". God knows what kind of "KarmaSutra" exercises they will make her perform from that night till the break of dawn.

 I've heard stories of girls who lost their virginities after a night of revelry, not because they chose to but alcohol had repressed the side of their brain that makes them cautious. Some people drink and their true nature comes out, some drink and become wild, some drink and become mean, some drink and it looses their tongue, some drink and will divulge top secrets, some drink and become horny. Alcohol can even change one's original personality, a quiet person can immediately become loud, a shy person can quickly become outspoken and become the source of amusement for their friends.

Recently, I read a story of a young lady who had kept her virginity for 22 years, hoping to remain chaste until marriage but in one night of drunkenness lost it to a classmate on the beach. She said that the classmate was not even someone she was friendly with back at school but imagine this, she will remember the guy for the rest of her life. Maybe there's a girl out there who has forgotten who popped her cherry but there are very few, no one forgets this experience completely.

I like this one, lol

  Some people go to the club to party and after a wild night, they wake up next to a total stranger with no recollection of what has transpired. Here's the side of alcohol I may like a little, the amnesia. What I experienced after drinking was a total lack of coherence and cognitive memory which is very relieving as the remembrance of drunken behaviour can be very embarrassing. I'm sure there are some people who cannot even remember who they had coitus with on a drunken night. Selective forgetfulness.

Some friends get angry when their friends get zonked out from alcohol especially if it is after one bottle, one glass or two bottles. Different people have different level of tolerance from alcoholic intoxication, apparently those with a higher level of tolerance perceive themselves as superior being. These superior drunks would insult those who are categorized into the "lightheaded" group and call them "party-poopers". They wish to drink with those who are capable of beating them at canceling 100 bottles with no sign of being smashed at all.

Another observation of mine is that the consumption of alcohol is a descent into self-indulgence as the more you take in, the better you "think" you feel. There is also the consequence of bodily harm to consider which is the damaging of the liver as excessive alcohol is very toxic to this liver. People argue that the in-take of alcohol is not so bad but it is the excessive consumption of it that has adverse effects. I also know this is such a controversial post as many fun-loving girls will not agree with me but will still go out to party hard and drink even harder. Girls, let's be careful how we chug brews especially if you are one of those girls who always act like they can handle their alcohol even though they are such light weights because there will always be scavengers out there who will do unexpected things to you. One mistake in one night can change our entire lives forever and this applies to both sexes. Thank you!