Drinking now becomes a part of our culture, and books about table manners will leave a large space for drinking. In the past, only when there are grand occasions, such as wedding, birthday party, people will drink. Whereas, nowadays, where there is a meal, there is alcohol served. Even when it comes to business, it has something to do with drink. Some people claim that most of the deal is made on the drinking table. How does this case come about? I don’t know.

As for myself, maybe because of heredity, I can drink. However, I am never addicted to it as my father is. He has a glass of beer every meal and can’t get rid of it. I never drink a lot, even in a class gathering. I always keep in my mind no matter how much I can drink; one glass is the upper line. And I can control myself. However, some of my classmates can not. When we came to dinner together, “We will get somebody drunk.” is the usual principle kept in their minds, but I wonder after we get sb. drunk, whether we can profit from it.

It is said that people will speak out truth when they are drunk. Is that so? I doubt it. When my father drank a lot and walked home, no, to be exact, staggered, he would always declaim that he was clear-minded. Is he telling the truth? Definite no, for, at that moment, he can not distinguish north and south. Apart from my father, most people will never come out with a complete sentence after they are drunk. So how can a person under such a situation bring out a so-called truth?  Also , affected by the alcohol, there is a lot of possibility that people will just speak out whatever they have heard and created in their mind; If so, how can you figure out whether they are telling truth or not. Therefore it is ridiculous to make a conclusion that people will give out truth.

So what they speak out after drinking? From my experience with dealing with some kinds of drunker, they only murmur, complain, unbosom themselves，cry and shout. Then I have to try to settle their minds, and it is really annoying. And they will do something irrationally and make big mistakes. My friend quarreled with his girlfriend a few days ago, and he went drinking. After that, he said something very bad to his girlfriend, and almost broke up with her. When the next morning, he woke up and realized that he had hurt her. Then he made a lot of calls to the girl and apologized sincerely, tried many ways to comfort her and finally rescued their relationship. So from this, I have to say sometimes drinking doesn’t serve as a tool to enhance relationship as people expect.

Additionally, some people said that drinking will drown our troubles. Whereas, there is another saying:”drinking will cause more troubles”. Which one is the truth; it still needs observing and surveying.

As for drinking, when it starts, it never comes to a stop in the middle. And long terms of drinking will do harm to our healthy, according to the physician. It will weaken the function of stomach and liver, also nervous system. Although everyone knows about this common sense, they still keep on drinking, and also urge others to drink persistently. How come this? I am still looking for answers.