Feeling Lucky? Not For Long!

Intro
Does drinking beer or liquor make you feel lucky? Well, it is lying to you, again.

That
feeling won’t last long.
An alcohol-supported “lucky feeling” will not last long.

Hi, I am Tim Estes, host and founder of TimelessTalks.Net. My visits help people.

Today, let’s talk about that “luck feeling” you have while drinking.
This is important to you because liquor has been known to lie.

Today we will 1. share with you some statistics, 2.we will notice the changes that
happen while drinking, 3.maybe a story or two, 4.and read some references to the best
information possible.

Ray Stevens, in his song, “Jack Daniels, You lied to me again”, wrote: “But, Jack
Daniel’s, you lied to me again. You told me that she was the greatest thing
That ever happened to a man. You said this was it, she was the one. And I’d still be in
love when the morning comes. But, Jack Daniel’s, you lied to me again. (Yes, you did.).
His song went on to mention how Jim Bean, Jose Cuervo, and Johnny Walker all lied
to him while he drank. His song is humorous, but let’s take a serious look at drinking
without the lies.

I have gathered a few statistics from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, a division of the National Institute of Health. The link is in the Additional
Resources, below, found only on TimelessTalks.Net. Come on over right now.

Fact 1: 414,000 young people between 12 & 17 have Alcohol Use Disorder, A.U.D. So,
how many families are affected?

Fact 2: 14.5 MILLION individuals in America HAD A.U.D. in 2019, BEFORE the sharp
increase in alcohol use during 2020’s Covid outbreak. So, how many family members
suffered because one member was having an Alcohol issue.

Fact 3: 95-thousand lives end every year from alcohol-related causes. Again, we ask,
how many ADDITIONAL people are hurt because 1 person died from alcohol.

Fact 4: Alcohol is the 3rd leading cause of PREVENTABLE deaths in America. Check
out our source in the Additional Resources section.

So, what happens while you are drinking? That leads to another fact.

Fact 5. One drink, ONE drink can make you a DRUNK.
Legal Drunkenness is defined as, and I quote, “The state of an individual WHOSE
MIND IS AFFECTED by the consumption of alcohol. Drunkenness is a consequence of
drinking intoxicating liquors to such an extent as to ALTER THE NORMAL CONDITION
of an individual and SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE his capacity for RATIONAL ACTION
AND CONDUCT”, end quote. Check the link below for yourself.

How many drinks does it take to alter your mind? The Nation Institute of Health says,
that some “impairments are detectable after ONLY ONE or two drinks.” Check it. The
link is below.

When you START drinking, you START ALTERING your mind. By definition, then, you
are drunk.

And EVERYONE sees it. Coordination leaves, so you drop things, and you stagger.
Your tongue loses control and you may get LOUD.
You start talking about subjects you shouldn’t.
People get SHOCKED when they hear you telling THEIR “secrets” and TRUST is
DESTROYED.

Maybe you start getting BELLIGERENT, obnoxious, ANGRY, and UNCOOPERATIVE.

You won’t listen to anyone.

You try to drive home, nearly getting in the ditch 3 or 4 times before you have a
head-on with another family, and 3 of them die.

When they arrest you and get you down to the jail all you can do is hug the toilet.

In the morning you will HATE the HANGOVER.

And they won’t let you out of jail pending DUI and MANSLAUGHTER charges.

You start realizing you killed 3 innocent people. GUILT does not feel good, but it will be
with you longer than the hangover or jail time.

In my research for this video, I came across a YouTube video you should watch. The
BBC produced the less-than-8-minute video entitled Going to Work Drunk Every Day. It
is about the effects of alcohol on a teenage lady, (now in her early 20s), a mom, and
high-class professional businesswoman. I am not going to tell you their stories. But, I
hope you will watch it for yourself. I have provided the link below.

Does this look like GOOD LUCK? Or is the luck all gone?

Did you listen to the liquor’s lies, or maybe I should say, the Devil’s lies?

Hangovers must be very enjoyable for so many people to want them so badly.

These are logical and emotional reasons not to drink. But let’s check out the BEST
information on drinking.

“Let us BEHAVE PROPERLY as in the day, not in CAROUSING AND
DRUNKENNESS, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Peter tells Christians, “ For the time already past is SUFFICIENT for you to have
carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts,
DRUNKENNESS, CAROUSING, DRINKING PARTIES (which will certainly include
Social Drinking”) and abominable idolatries.

Solomon said, “Wine is a MOCKER, strong drink a BRAWLER, And whoever is
intoxicated by it IS NOT WISE.”

Isaiah warns you, “Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may PURSUE
STRONG DRINK, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!”

That is
a description of an alcoholic, isn’t it?

And Isaiah COULD have been talking about advertising when he said, “Woe to those
who are HEROES in drinking wine And VALIANT MEN in mixing strong drink,”

There is a list of fleshly deeds in Galatians 5:21. It says, ”envying, DRUNKENNESS,
CAROUSING, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned
you, that those who PRACTICE such things WILL NOT inherit the kingdom of God.

I have given you 1. statistics, 2.changes to the body from drinking, 3.referenced a
couple of stories and 4. the read from God’s Word – all given for your sake.

I am ASKING you as a friend to do only 1 thing.
Stop drinking. On St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, New Year’s Eve or ANY other day.
Or better yet, NEVER START! Not even 1 drink.

If you haven’t done so yet, click the link in the description to Timeless Talks. YOU can
check the links yourself, all found in the Additional Resources, including the video of
the 3 ladies.
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Thanks for letting us visit on this Timeless Subject. We hope the information for life is
beneficial.

Until we get a chance to visit again, goodbye for now.