thefatmould: I just don't drink because I don't feel that it is necesary (and I hate the taste).

BurningBeard: Mankind has always been obsessed with altering his consciousness.


Alcohol increases the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is related to pleasure, in an area of the brain that is associated with all types of addictions. It stimulates the activity of opioid peptides, which increases the pleasurable effects of alcohol and activates serotonin receptors.

We are animals and we have urges. We try something - it makes us feel good - so we keep doing it. Pretty simple really. Some of us have more control over that than others.

I can't speak for the people in NZ that write themselves off on a regular basis - but my assumption is there's a lot of people out there with just horrible lives and it's the only escape they think they have.

b0untypure1: its not illegal, so we drink.
:S

BurningBeard:

b0untypure1: its not illegal, so we drink.
:S

Ha, yeah, cuz' Kiwi's don't indulge in illegal activities... hee hee.

kingjj:
If it were illegal even more people would do it... look at Prohibition. And what illegal things would you be talking about BurningBeard?? 

CYaBro: If you don't like it don't do it.
I was the same at high school with smokeing, all my friends smoked but I never did.
I tried it, quite a few times actually, but couldn't see how people could enjoy it so never continued.
Those same friends all still smoke now so I'd hate to know how much money they have spent on it since school!

 I thought I had read Snorkeling not smokeing in your post.

wmoore:

CYaBro: If you don't like it don't do it.
I was the same at high school with smokeing, all my friends smoked but I never did.
I tried it, quite a few times actually, but couldn't see how people could enjoy it so never continued.
Those same friends all still smoke now so I'd hate to know how much money they have spent on it since school!

 I thought I had read Snorkeling not smokeing in your post.