Drinking is a personal choice and as with all choices, come with their respective consequences. No way should getting drunk be an excuse for cheating in a relationship.

This post has been edited by dreus: May 16 2006, 12:00 AM

As long as one gets drunk and harms no one else, it's fine with me, his/her life they're throwing away. But when somebody gets drunk and lets say drives, or does something that negatively affects someone else, then that's where the trouble kicks in. This is why I see cigarette smoking as a worse habbit than many drugs, because drugs will kill the user, but cigarette smoke will kill second hand smokers, too.

If you want to drink, go ahead, but if you want to ruin somebody's life because of your irresponsibility, you might wanna think it over.

I guess drinking in itself isn't such a bad thing.. and people keep saying that a -small- amount of it is actually good for you. Although I don't drink personally, I have nothing against people that want to, as long as they keep it in check.

However, anyone that cheated in a relationship and then wanted to be forgiven because s/he was drinking isn't worth my time.. that's not right.

i think the worst thing that can happen to man is to look into a mirror, vanity is the worst thing i know, it makes you look for you greater than other, you know who you are and you may not fall in emptyness.

I think that when someone does something, the excuse of being intoxicated by alcohol is not acceptable. Being under the influence of this drug leads many people into doing things that they later regret when they are in their 5 senses. Whatever happens when you're drunk is your full responsibility......it doesn't excuse you from cheating or abusing others. I'm sorry to say this...but don't forgive that person who betrayed your love.

i don't think alcohol is an excuse for cheating. i know that it makes people lose their full ability to think but you only get drunk if you want to do it. and also,if you know you want to be drunk why don't you do it at home,in safety? i think there is no excuse for cheating. there are lots of people that think otherwise.

Alcohol is an excuse but not a good one. I hate when they said oh i was just drunk i wasn't thinking, if you can remember it the next day to tell them in my opinion you were thinking, just not in a good way. If they were so drunk that someone had to tell them they slept with someone, i think thats different because obviously then that person took advantage of them.

Alcohol is certainly bad, but it is not the worst thing to happen. Alcohol is even healthy in small amounts. Drinking a glass of vine after lunch i proven to be healthy for person. But the bad thing about alcohol is when you drink often. You don't even need to drink to much, just drinking bit more but a bit more often, let's say every 2 days. It starts as harmful fun, and ends up for a drinker to become very depressed person over time.

That is beacouse of chemicals in ones mind that are made by alcohol. Now i'm not a chemist to describe this reactions but it simply means that mind makes chemicals that make you happy and goofy more when drinking alcohol. Bad thing is that if you are constantly drinking you become so used to that process, and to that state of mind (amount of "happy" chemicals) that at the time you stop, you feel sad and worthless immediately. When you stop drinking you find yourself in depressed state, feeling worthless, and sad of everything beacouse you were used to feel more happy with alcohol. So person thinks that drinking more alcohol will make them more happy.

At that time you become addicted to that feeling that alcohol gives you, and drink every day. The result is known to most people here, or you had experience with alcohol, or you saw others reaching bottom with it. Answer to that is simple - stop drinking all the time. Easier said than done, you might say, of course it is. But you need to remember the main purpose of everything else. You just can't say "i can't stop" couse that is not true. You can, everyone can!

Reaction to stoping the alcohol flow can be drastic. Person is certainly going to be nervous, depressive, anxious etc. Friends that were there when you were drinking are going to go away couse you don't want to drink with them anymore. Or if you even lost all your friends due to your drinking problems, you might find it difficult for them to start trusting you again. But that is all life, simple and fun when you look at it.

There is plenty of other addictions, that hurt less than alcohol, and even more fun ones. Like weed, it is less bad than alcohol. Also there is internet. Which sometimes can be bad as alcohol. If you like to surf internet while stoned and drunk, that is severe issue, and you need some mayor treatment

the worst thing that can happen to humans is drugs and alcohol and those two taking regular drugs and alcohol will end up in death and death is the worst thing to happen to a human.