tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401386590492581971.post1777453882664506909..comments2012-02-05T15:49:53.702-08:00Comments on Frank Black Reboots: July 27th, 2011 - Day 18 of 60Frank Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04488839236259488315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401386590492581971.post-20329605008673060182011-07-28T10:11:42.244-07:002011-07-28T10:11:42.244-07:00Actually if you look at history there has been a g...Actually if you look at history there has been a great deal of outrage over alcohol abuse in the not too distant past and most of us have learned that prohibition did not work out so well. The real answer is personal responsibility, not government control. Sadly, in todays day and age discussions on personal responsibility have been looked on badly and those who openly speak out against government control being offered up as the answer to any given woe, are often intellectually bullied or even driven right out of their career, depending on what field they work in. Luckily all that is beginning to change. People are waking up to the necessity of those discussion over the last couple of years and finding their voices. And right along side of that lovely change, we still have the benefits of the understanding and compassion of things that have arisen such as Alcoholics Anonymous, those few really good charities, etc.fromscratchmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03757762872750566811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401386590492581971.post-42991113370070108862011-07-28T09:15:50.217-07:002011-07-28T09:15:50.217-07:00Oops!! Typo! His son was 30, not 3!!Oops!! Typo! His son was 30, not 3!!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428618998240154155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401386590492581971.post-57693803718145220402011-07-28T09:14:46.499-07:002011-07-28T09:14:46.499-07:00Another thought-provoking post, one which stirred ...Another thought-provoking post, one which stirred up, for me, more thoughts than I have time to expand on at the moment.<br /><br />One train of thought I will follow briefly is that yes, where is the outrage about alcohol? We hear in the media over and over that it's "healthy" to have a drink or two a day (every day! I myself would be a bit if a drunkard on two drinks each and every night but that's another story) when really, its health benefits are largely due to its blood-thinning effects, which is "healthy" for people who are sludging their blood with their diets, I guess, but why not stop the sludging?<br /><br />I have seen one person close to me die as a direct result of alcohol abuse and it was the ugliest death I've ever seen. I think I've had maybe 6 drinks in the three years since, it struck me that hard. <br /><br />And now I am watching this same person's brother on this same road with its inevitable end, and as if that weren't enough for one family, he recently cremated his 3-yo son who killed himself after a long struggle with alcohol and drug addiction.<br /><br />Sorry, this is getting long and self-righteous but I contrast all of this with my monthly book club meetings where everyone is drinking wine (which is fine, not a problem) and giving me puzzled looks about why I choose not to and actually trying to convince me to (flashbacks to college frat parties?), although with the middle-aged twist of, "It's good for your heart! Healthy!"<br /><br />These paradoxes bother me, simmer underneath my day-to-day life and then you ask where the outrage is and it all bubbles forth...Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428618998240154155noreply@blogger.com