Alcohol, Choices, and Consequences: A Reflective Journey

Well, we should not do that thing after which we lose our senses. Yes, many people do a lot of things for enjoyment and they also know their limits and they know when to stop, but there are some people who despite knowing all this, drink too much or do many such things which are later resolved or may not happen at all. Well, I do not drink nor smoke cigarettes, yes, people like us are still alive in this world and thinking this makes me feel good and also feel at great because I have seen how many people have been ruined by the intoxication of alcohol and cigarettes and they have also ruined their homes. In this affair, many people create ruckus after drinking alcohol and fighting in the house and many people also commit a lot of crimes in a state of intoxication and it is very sad to see in which direction our society is moving. Many people drink for enjoyment and they know their limits to be honest, it has become a habit for them but they drink within limits and they just drink that much every day, it has become a routine for them.

We have often seen that the people on whom we put restrictions are more attracted towards these things. If we give freedom to the people, they do not do such things or maybe they have got experience of this thing, now maybe they do not feel like doing it. I have seen many such people who at one time used to consume a lot of intoxicants but now they have become completely sober, now they neither touched cigarettes nor drank alcohol, all this must have been possible only because of his security, he has controlled all these things with his will power, whatever it may be, but he has left all these things, it is a good thing because anything which is making you lose your temper is only harmful.

Well, some of my close friends and my relatives, my brothers also consume alcohol and I have no problem with this because it is their personal life. As long as I am not affected by it, I have no problem. Everyone has their own life. It is up to them how they want it. I do not impose any restrictions on anyone because we all have come to live the same life and it is up to you what kind of life you choose. It is all up to you. No one else can come and improve it. It is only you who can improve or spoil it and it is all in your hands. Many people have moved ahead by leaving all these things and some people have ruined their lives by being involved in all these intoxicating things.

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Well, I am sure that we all have some story or the other related to this but my memories are related to my childhood when I was a student in class 8 or 9, I used to live in a rented room with my father and siblings. This is a very old incident, I was in class 9 in 2009, so you can guess how old it is. But there are some childhood moments that you can never forget and this is one of them. I remember very well that our school holidays had started but I was staying with my father in our rented house because his leave was not approved. So he and I decided to go home after a few days. The winter holidays were for two months. So we all used to go to the village and we had a lot of fun there. In the evening, Father and I were alone and probably the next day we had to go to the village too. So we went to one of our relatives' place for the dinner. We spent a lot of time there. I had dinner with my brother (mu uncle's kid) and we played games for a long time. My father and uncle were sitting and drinking alcohol.

I don't know how much they had drunk. I realized this when we were coming home because believe me, our house was only one and a half kilometers away from their house. But those one and a half kilometers seemed so long to me because I was a small child then and I was not able to bring my father home easily. But I had to face a lot of difficulties that day. First of all, we were on foot and It was night time, there is always the fear of animals here in the mountains and my father had drunk too much and due to which he was not able to walk properly, my maternal uncle tried a lot to stop him but he did not listen, if I had known that I will have to face so many problems on the way then I probably would never have come from there and would not have let my father come home (not in those conditions).

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But it is said that whatever happens happens for good, maybe I still remember the pain of that day and that day I brought my father to our room with great difficulty and he slept like that. I took off his shoes and he was lying there and when he woke up in the morning, maybe he regretted it, maybe he remembered something but I also reminded him a little and maybe he was very embarrassed that he had drunk too much the previous night and this is the reason that from that day till today, he never drinks outside, yes he consumes alcohol but he drinks at home only, sometimes when some special person comes home then it is not my party or wedding, there is no alcohol outside anywhere, maybe he has learnt a lesson from that day, I do not like to understand him but whatever the reason is, I am happy that he does not consume such things outside which are harmful to health and if this is also a good thing, what do you think about this.