It amazes me how ubiquitous alcohol is in every one of the world's cultures. To those who argue that moderation is the key (citing the word much in I Timothy 3:8) I would ask, "If everyone in the world suddenly stopped taking in alcohol, not consuming a drop from now on, would the world be a better place or a worse place?" The answer I think is obvious.
Yet the desire and impulse to drink is there - for some worse than others - and is tied to one's chemistry more than most imagine. Back in '84, when I was living up in North Texas, an urge crept up on me to drink red wine. First it entered my mind, then grew into a real desire, then finally in an obsession. I was making plans to jump in my car and rush to the liquor store. By the time it got that bad I was asking myself, "Where's this coming from?!? I've never experienced anything like this before...what's different now?" Then I remembered that a couple of weeks earlier I changed my multi-vitamin in the mornings with breakfast, from Centrum to One-A-Day's. Just to see what would happen I went back to the Centrum and the desire for red wine, much to my relief, disappeared.
Years later - somewhere around '07 or '08 - I was talking to a work colleague in Columbus, Texas, who was a severe, hopeless alcoholic until he discovered pantothenic acid (vitamin B5). After diligently following a regiment of B5, and also diligently exercising his faith, all desire for alcohol likewise disappeared. He went on to become a respected member of his community and did more than most to help direct the youth of Colorado County away from the darker paths of life.
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