DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 3 - ENJOY YOUR DRINK BUT DON’T BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC - TAKE MORE OUT OF ALCOHOL THAN ALCOHOL TAKES OUT OF YOU

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 3

ENJOY YOUR DRINK BUT DON’T BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC

TAKE MORE OUT OF ALCOHOL THAN ALCOHOL TAKES OUT OF YOU

By

VIKRAM KARVE

Continued from:

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 1

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/do-you-drink-to-drown-your-sorrows.html

DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 2

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/officers-never-get-drunk-they-only-feel.html

I once read a saying:

If drinking is interfering with your work, you're probably a heavy drinker

If work is interfering with your drinking, you're probably an alcoholic

It is not easy to become an alcoholic. In fact it takes such a long time of sustained drinking to become an alcoholic that alcoholism can be easily prevented.

Someone once told me that it takes 10 years of heavy drinking to develop alcohol dependence and after that it takes another 10 years to become an alcoholic. That means it takes 20 years of heavy drinking for a person to become an alcoholic. So you have got plenty of time to quit drinking in case you realize that you are getting addicted to alcohol and feel that you are on the road to alcoholism.

Remember, the very reason you drink is to lift your spirits and feel good, so you must make sure that you enjoy your drink but the drink does not “enjoy” you.

I think it was Winston Churchill who said:

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me

When I hark back to my glorious drinking days, I think that I too can say the same. 

Well, how do you do that – ensure that you take more out of alcohol than alcohol takes out of you? 

All that I will tell you in my next article in this series – DRINKING ALCOHOL - GOLDEN RULE No. 4.

Till then, CHEERS (but no “bottoms up”) 

VIKRAM KARVE 

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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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