Sanpixee the Alien: Drunkenness
Beer before liquor or is it liquor before beer, don’t mix red and white, don’t mix different brands of tequila, don’t mix liquor and Asians….it appears that drinking is about as interpretive as Philosphy 101.
When has it become okay to only be our true selves when drinking. Forget drugs and other emotion blockers — for now we will speak about drinking — one issue per blog please.
If we are only our true selves when drinking, who is this person we are the rest of the time? Or for whatever role we are playing at any given time of the day…what is it that we are suppressing? For drinkers who get caught up while drinking and wake up the next morning clutching stained sheets to their chest with a horrified look on their face…who was it then that was n control the night before?
Humans are frail and it may be our frailty that will be our downfall. Not only are we physically weak with a thin outer layer, we are also vulnerable to attack spiritually. Our ability to be on “autopilot” but still carry out actions is provoking. When we have a car in cruise control does not mean the hunk of metal parts is going on its own accord, it means the machine has assumed the control we have knowingly relinquished.
Same with drinking. We have relinquished control, so who or what is behind the wheel? And why is it that it usually ends in destruction or regret? Which bring me back again to why is it that we beleive that we are our “true selves” when drinking. I think we have been brainwashed into thinking that…but that is not our true selves and it is not really fun…it is a opiate-like moment…soothing and comforting but short lived and fleeting….
Drinking is okay. Getting drunk though…hmmm….giving up our temple to the autopilots of destruction…not so much….
