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Growing up in Nbawsi, a suburban town, in Isiala Ngwa North in Abia State Nigeria, if there was one thing my mother, who is a teacher, and my very attentive father did not leave to chance, it was the forming of our values as kids.

Mum was very clear about the values she wanted us to be raised up with as her kids, likewise her amiable husband who came home every Friday from Aba for the weekend unfailingly.

Dad would always go back to Aba where his business was located, every Monday morning at 6.00am from Nbawsi.

The values we were raised with were majorly based on what the holy book had modelled for us.

During my growing up years, activities like routine consumptions of alcoholic beverages and any act of womanizing were so demonized such that anyone could argue at that time that I would definitely not have any business with those two vices growing up.

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Fast forward to many years later, I finally left home and have consistently seen life through my own very lens and realities.

“Hey, Buddy! If you value your life, don’t ever dare ask me about my vices or social calendar right now. I’m running on fumes and humor, and I won’t hesitate to use my wit to deflect any prying questions”. Feel free to adjust to your liking!

While I have no business to tell an adolescent, teenager or a full-blown adult what to do, it is my wish that in whatever thing you are getting yourself exposed to, that you take out some time to weigh the consequences of your actions on the future you want to build for yourself.

As a young ambitious man or woman, there is also a sense in which you must deliberately seek out a knowledgeable mentor who would not judge you for your errors but would always be disposed to correct you in love.

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Let me tell you a bit about alcohol. The appeal of this compound would never go extinct as it plays so many roles in the lives of those who make it a habit to enjoy the adult beverage. It does not matter the extent of evangelism that religious organizations execute to discourage people from its consumption.

In some clear social circles, sharing of alcoholic beverages is the foundation upon which great friendships are built, especially for outgoing males.

On the table where you share a couple of adult beverages, there is the possibility of closing multi-million naira or dollar deals with ease when compared to folks who rarely socialize.

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Over some glasses of beer or wine, you can share your frustrations at life or high-end private successes with your close friends too. There is no end to the positives of sharing some drinks.

From a personal experience, I can say that sharing some drinks with those you love and share a strong bond with is bliss as long as you do not get drunk or indulge in excessive consumption in the process.

Routine excessive consumption of alcohol has so many demerits such that you may forever regret the outcome in most cases. One of the major fall outs is that your health would always suffer.

The irony here is that there is always an almost blurred line between enjoying your drink and switching to the state of ecstasy as occasioned by excessive alcohol consumption. Very few people can spot that thin line and beat an instant retreat.

More so, have you heard of hang over and how such binge consumption messes up the next day?

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Most unplanned pregnancies that happen between men and women who they are not committed to each other, often occur when these men and ladies are tipsy.

There is almost no limit to the extremes most people can get to once they are slightly tipsy.

For a fertile man and woman, taking in at this point does not require any special preparation. We must always have this at the back of our mind as we drink, so that we do not make wrong decisions under the influence of alcohol.

You must pay attention to yourself to know what the consumption of this drink does to your body. To some, being tipsy makes them divulge every delicate information in their care, which could destroy so much in the days to come.

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For those in the creative space, it gives some of them the fuel they need to create while to some others, it is a depressant that helps them to sleep.

While to most men, it induces heightened libido and offers a form of boldness that makes you want to slip into any slippery muscular wall available to you in a feminine body at such moment, without counting the cost of “vomiting” right in there.

To round off on the conversation about excessive alcohol consumption, I would not tell you to not drink rather I would advise that whenever you drink, pay attention to how it affects you and if the cumulative effect on you after its consumption messes you up routinely. Please be careful enough to avoid it if it does but if it helps you achieve great milestones, by all means proceed, with moderation in consumption.

Having been in spaces where I watched exceptional ladies with great public carriage do the unthinkable under the influence of alcoholic drinks, it is my strong opinion that women must be even more careful with its consumption.

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However, this writer is just a social commentator and not a moralist who looks at what happens in his society and aggregates his thoughts into write ups to help stir his readers to have conversations about such topics and make informed choices as it pertains to the issues at hand.

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