THERE IS NO HEALTHY LIMITS FOR UNHEALTHY BAD HABITS. (practical implication of bhagavad gita verse 3.41)

     

Most of us, who loves drinking alcohol , most of the time put forward the argument, that drinking moderate amount of alcohol, is actually good for health, as few of the study indicates. Lets discuss it..Regarding different studies, scientists have a split opinion about it. And the definition of occasional differs from persons to persons, place and occasion..
The big question lies whether social or occasional drinking actually stays occasional??? The fact remains little drinking doesn’t remain little. The general human tendency is that the things that give us pleasure , we tend to do them more n more. And it’s a proven fact that alcohol is addictive. If you go around the world asking the addictive alcoholics, they will confess, they didn’t start it, thinking they will become addictive, everybody thought they will just socially n occasionally do it..But its very easy, probable and natural to move from occasional drinking to addictive drinking. Especially this happens when people need relief from some stress, or distress, and think that alcohol helps them. So, it might be possible for some people, to drink a little and stay like that, but even in them, when they suffer emotional turbulences, turmoil, its quite likely, they will seek shelter of alcohol, which on long term can make them dysfunctional. Staying occasional is possible, but in most scenario not probable. Its like,we see a quick sand, where 1000s people were trapped already, and we are thinking let me put my foot in, then calfs, knees, and I will come out unhurt. Its mostly improbable, and of course not intelligent.
Talking about the health benefit we get, well , its debatable and its not exclusive to alcohol, at all. The same health benefit we can get by cultivating many healthy good habits, like jogging, swimming, working out and eating healthy foods. Why not get addicted by them. Many think, drinking provides a mean for social bonding, but it’s a cultural idiosyncracy , we have seen how under the influence of alcohol, people become frivolous, doing many nonsensical things, even if you drink a little of it, its actually a slippery slope, it takes very less to slide down and become a addict.
There are lots of vested interest in alcohol industry, they fund for lots of researches. Just like the smoking industry, for 20-30 years, they kept the fact about the harmful effect of smoking covered. Its only when the number of diseased people, the extent of the diseases that were coming up due to it, became undeniable, unconcealable, the data was allowed to come to open. Its quite possible for alcohol also, about the health benefit. But even we feel its true, then also, moderation don’t stay moderate, its extremely unlikely, that in the long run, one is very likely, to get overwhelmed by turmoils, and seek shelter of alcohol, and slide towards addiction. So, its better to not take the risk..

Aptly, though, sri Krishna, advising arjuna, in BG 3.41, to curb all these sense gratifying and self defeating bad haits from the beginning. Don’t let them spread there root inside you, and finish you even materially, and of course spiritually.. thank you/ Hare Krishna....