When New Year's Eve rolls around it seems to focus on celebrating by drinking something. Champagne is associated with New Year's Eve. Partying is associated with New Year's Eve.
There is much controversy about drinking and a lot of back of forth regarding the right and wrong of it, yet, regardless of whether someone drinks just a drink which seems to be okay, the bible clearly speaks against "drunkenness".
I clearly remember with much regret my younger years drinking much more than one drink and ending up drunk. There is a Proverb about drinking that kind of reminds me of the bad years when I acted like a fool.
And for everyone that remembers their foolish days, reminisce with me.
This Proverb could apply to anyone struggling with alcohol or dealing with a person who drinks too much.
New Year's Eve seems a good time to share it.
KL
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks.
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Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down. For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake; it stings like a viper. You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things. You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast. And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it. I didn’t even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?”
Proverbs 23:29-35
