All Topic References For DRINKING
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Study on DRINKING:
Do not mix with drunkards; with riotous eaters of flesh:
It is not the eating and drinking that is bad, but doing these in excess.
Who have woe? who have sorrow? who have arguments? who have moaning? who have wounds without cause? who have redness of eyes?
The results of too much emphasis on drinking.
Those that spend a long time at the wine; those that go to find mixed wine.
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it shows its colours in the cup, [when] it flows smoothly.
In the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
You eyes will see strange women, and your heart will utter obscene things.
Yes, you will be like a person that is lying down in the middle of the sea, or as one who lies on the top of a mast.
A good description of the feeling of being drunk.
They have hit me, [you will say, and] I was not hurt; they have beaten me, [and] I did not feel [it]: when will I wake up so I can look for another drink?
Picture of an alcoholic.