My War Against Alcoholic Beverages

December 22nd, 2010 was one of the worst days of my life. I was more ill than I had almost ever been. If Michael Moore were still filming Sicko, he could have had me in it that day. Not that there are good cases of diarrhea, but this was a pretty bad case of it. The night before I threw up. I won't get too descriptive of what took place, but I'm sure you know that it wasn't pleasant. After taking some good medicine, I was fully relieved in a day or two. After a few moments of thought and wonder, I came to realize that what I went through on December 22nd was something that is quite common for a lot of people. They are called alcoholics.

I personally almost never drink. Not even one beer every now and then. And, when I do drink, I really don't understand what I was missing out on. Lately, I have been looking for work as an engineer, and one of my biggest criteria for a career is that I don't work for a company that makes alcoholic beverages. Now, if a company does make ethanol from corn or whatever for fuel, that is completely different. If you are reading this, you might be asking yourself, why is this such a priority for you Ryan? My response is a question for you.
Do alcoholic beverages do more harm than good?

People who are very fond of the booze will always try to squirm away from this question without providing an answer. They will respond with the fact that Jesus drank wine. That is correct. But, we are not capable of amounting to Jesus. We, as people, have temptations that become addictions. So, feel free to tell me that Jesus drank wine, it is an absurd comment. Also, people will comment that drinking alcohol in moderation causes people to live longer. Fair enough. But, how much longer? If, by not drinking I will die at age 83 instead of 91, I've had worse. I personally think that Prohibition should be brought back. People will respond that they themselves do not drink to excess, even if others do. They will declare that it's not fair that they get punished for other people's screwups. True, but I don't give a darn about what's fair. I care about what's right.

I do think that Prohibition would truly be better than worse for this country. People would break the law every day, and almost every second, but it will reduce the number of people who depend on it the way that robots depend on batteries. Every individual who works at Anheuser-Busch and Jose Cuervo, etc. have absolutely nothing to be proud of when the day is over. Chances are that you disagree. Maybe you think that alcohol really isn't as awful as I'm making it out to be. Why don't you say that to the family who used to live right next door to me. When they were living right next to me, the mother of the family, Laurie, was killed by a drunk driver. So I'd like to ask you again.
Do alcoholic beverages do more harm than good?