Alcoholism

This weeks blog topic is more serious, and something that I think that everyone should talk about at one point or another. (I really hope that I do not offend anyone with what I am writing in this blog either.) This weeks topic is Alcoholism. My grandfather, who I never got to meet, died from being an alcoholic, and there is not a day that goes by that I wish I would have gotten to meet Him, even if ti was just for one day.
My take on alcohol and the reasons why people drink are these: people drink either to be social or to fit in, to forget the pain of something that has happened, or just because they feel they need to drink and that it is a part of who they are. I can see the reasons why people drink and the reasons why people don't drink. I believe that some of the reasons why people don't drink are: religious beliefs, they have seem the pain that drinking has caused, or they just don't have any drive or need to drink.
For me and how I deal with alcohol is that I have no desire to drink when I turn 21. I have seen people drunk before and I can't stand it. I hate what alcohol does to people and how it makes them act when they are drunk. I really have no desire to drink. I however do not see anything wrong with drinking if you are over the age limit, as long as the person drinking is not using it to get drunk. I believe that it is okay to have one drink every now and again as along as they are not over doing it. I am not one to judge and I hope I have not offended anyone, all that I am saying is that alcohol has no appeal to me personally.