Alcohol

 I find alcohol to be extremely detrimental. As a child, before I reached adulthood and for a time after, I joined in on activities that involved consuming alcohol. As an adult, as I've gotten off the substance, I've realized that it is extremely detrimental.

Suffering from a mood disorder, myself, consuming just a few sips of alcohol can send me into a period of mood disturbance that causes me much pain and suffering. But above all else, alcohol effects your memory. After having gone a very long time without alcohol, my memory was sharp. I could think rationally. But I had some "wine" in my fridge that was left-over from a long time ago and I had a few sips (because it smelled good). Low and beyond my relationship with blogging, and my thinking clouded and I lost sight of what was important to me for a while. This has happened with a relationship too in the past. Essentially, if you go a long time without alcohol and then consume, the effects are noticeably detrimental. I've heard it said that people consume alcohol to forget.

I have more to say on the subject of alcohol, but overall, I find it very detrimental to my mood. Also, I am aware that alcohol decreases the effectiveness of medication. I think about it like this: if we use alcohol to disinfect wounds (rubbing alcohol), what is it doing to your brain and organs when you ingest it?

Above all, alcohol disrupts the flow of my ideas, makes me forget what path I was on. I had a great flow of creativity with this blog and now I have forgotten where I was!