by Timothy Root

Created on: January 01, 2009

Sometimes you have to drink to forget the things that are going on around you. I am not justifying why some people drink and others do not. I can see why people choose to drink, which is only fitting since I choose to drink to forget things.

2008 saw many changes for America, some good and some not so good, sometimes drinking helps to get through certain things, many people see others who drink as weak. There might be some truth to that but as someone who does drink from time to time I tend to believe that is a myth.

There are many good people in the world who choose to drink and they are not weak, in fact some of your most successful people drink. I think in order to understand why people choose to drink that one has to look at all aspects, which is another way of saying that people need to be more open minded.

I am in no way suggesting that people who drink are superior to those who choose not to drink. In my case I choose to drink because it is an escapism that I need from time to time. I need to forget the world. I need to forget the things around me including friends and just drift into a magical world for a while.

Every year it gets easier to do with all the corruption in the world and all the wars going on and all the hatred that we feel towards other people. Many people think that those who drink do not care about anybody else except for themselves, that is also a myth because there are many people who drink that do care about others.

I speak for myself when I say this. I care to much for other people and I worry more about the people around me than I do my own family, the problem is that the people I tend to care for more than my own family do seem to care that much about me. I live a lonely life but that does not make me care less for people.

I admit that drinking does get me through many things but that in no way is an excuse to drink, sometimes I just need to escape my everyday life and go to a whole new place and live life the way I wish I did now. I am not justifying why some people drink and others do not. I just understand more why people choose to drink.

There are many times that I wish I could find another escape other than drinking, than I think if there was peace between nations and less corruption in our government and if we had a more stabile economy and if I was less lonely would I need to drink? The answer is probably no because I would have nothing that I would need to escape from.

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