My encounter with alcohol
Being brought up in a traditional hindu family I never encountered alcohol , until I moved to United States. While growing up in India, I was taught that it is bad -and also had heard about one relative who passed away due to excessive drinking. So It was a bad thing. But why it is bad ? when it is bad ? what is in it, that is bad ? why there is so much demand when it is bad? I didn't have any interest so I never asked these questions, never bothered. Until one incidence. After moving to United States at the age of 18, I was a different person. A person with full of energy, with a brighter and more positive prospective and moreover a person who wants to know and explore. Seeing this energy, my uncle got little concerned and one day he started talking to me about all the hot topics including boyfriend, alcohol, drugs and what not. Feeling free from the spirit high, I answered him genuinely. He asked me what do you think about alcohol, ...