My Daily Pause

²⁹ Who has trouble? Who has pain?
Who fights? Who complains?
Who has unnecessary bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
³⁰ It is people who drink too much wine,
who try out all different kinds of strong drinks.
³¹ Don’t stare at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
³² Later it bites like a snake
with poison in its fangs.
³³ Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mind will be confused.
³⁴ You will feel dizzy as if you’re in a storm on the ocean,
as if you’re on top of a ship’s sails.
³⁵ You will think, “They hit me, but I’m not hurt.
They beat me up, but I don’t remember it.
I wish I could wake up.
Then I would get another drink.” –Proverbs 23:29-35 NCV

Alcohol is poison – Don’t touch it. The “disease” of alcoholism was never caught by someone that never took a drink.