Why I don't drink alcohol and a major red flag in some businesses

this post will begin with a personal note

please read the major red flag in the market section

I've seen that for the most part drinking alcohol causes disagreements and leads to relationships being broken, including family that would otherwise be on good terms.

Bob Marley once said that alcohol is the destruction of a nation. I can't say that marijuana

is the healing of a nation but I can say that without alcohol, most, if not all will be better off.

And the relationships you do make revolving around alcohol are usually, very temporal.

I have noticed a dissipation of the Holy Spirit after a night of getting drunk.

I've also noticed that my understanding becomes lessened and

unlike when I was young, I would find myself

refreshed somehow after a night of drinking.

The potential of a man doesn't last long past his 20's when continuing with alcohol.

The usual sense of encouragement, joy or excitement becomes bitter, arrogant and aggression can become a problem

even for those who are not violent.

Major Red Flag in the Market

I've noticed drive thru shops opening up in the city I live in, Texas and California. They sell slushy style daiquiris or maybe similar alcoholic beverages.

I've heard people including the employees say how customers will pop the straw through the tape and drink

the alcoholic beverages that are sold by these drive thru shops while still on the road driving.

I believe it was the employee of one of these shops and a fellow coworker say it in the same weekend, that or within a week from each other.

Its my understanding that a open container alcoholic beverage is any kind of alcohol that has been opened, whether it be a beer

or vodka, or whiskey, etc. If a police officer pulls you over and sees any of these in your car, its going to be an issue.

So, it would make sense that selling people alcoholic beverages through a drive thru, in a to-go cup as a beverage that quickly melts is not a closed container alcoholic beverage. I'm not a lawyer but it seems to be promoting drinking and driving, and encouraging it. Putting a piece of tape over a to-go cup does not make it a closed container.

I won't lessen the argument by saying that if you put a piece of tape over a open container of a beer, or vodka or any other alcohol, does not make it a closed container.

I don't condone drinking and driving.