Yesterday after a long debate have been able to come up with a theory of Alcohol vs. Alcoholism.
Alcohol is bad?
- It is not poison, its abuse is bad. For example alcohol has medical uses many cold and cough medicines have it as an ingredient. But if one abuses its use it is bad - I agree abusing the use of alcohol is bad.
Religions have denied it? There must be some rational?
- Religions and people from ancient times have understood the addictive nature of alcohol that it has on people in general and hence have banned it. But one must understand religions have to recommend things that are good at society level in a simple black and white statement to avoid confusion. They not necessarily do a good task at individual level.
Alcohol addiction is bad?
- Agreed. 100%
So why is it denied by so many cultures?
- Alcohol let me say has tempting properties to which a large proportion of the population will succumb. But again my point as in one of my previous post, it has a high probability that people will addicted but the probability is not one. This is where the individual factors of personality come into play. Thus many cultures saw this potential harm to its people and thus applied a blanket ban on alcohol.
Please distinguish between Alcohol and Alcoholism.
limited usage of alcohol everyday can definitely be addictive :) ... n also addiction to chocolates,biscuits,cleanliness et al definitely wouldn't be life threatening!!
ReplyDeleteMithisha, agreed even limited usage everyday could be addictive. You must also take into account addiction should atleast be broken down into
ReplyDelete1. Addiction to Substance (physical/mental dependence) like Cocaine.
2. Addiction to the Feeling (dependence on the high)
One could get addicted to cocaine as a substance only but may not necessary enjoy the high or may even not get a high.
seth whts ur prob, samjha hi nahi yar
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