What is the z limit that none must pass or even dare build up to, either intentionally or unitentionally?
.08 is .08 whether you “feel” it or not.
When you start making deals with God to excuse your sins because they aren’t as bad as “that other guy”, you’ve already lost.
If you drink to get drunk and it takes you half as much alcohol as someone else, your INTENTION was still to get drunk. The volume consumed is just a detail.
It’s not something I’m willing to think about unless I have a few more drinks.
One problem.....at what point do you cross that thin line into alcoholism?
The real expert on the subject died a few years ago.
Drunkeness is a sin? Uh-oh...
Certainly, Drink 4 Quarts of Scotch per day plus 1 Gallon of Red Bull.
The answer is “No”. Reference Keith Whitley, dead from one drink. There is a limit to the liver processing ability, and the toxicity comes instantly over that capacity.
It’s all about the heart and the reasons. The amounts don’t matter.
Shoot I drank my behind off in Vegas last week, and had a great time. Didn’t hurt anyone, didn’t do anything dumb, just swigged a bunch of water and was up and at ‘em the next day.
If I was drinking to get drunk and had other things in mind, well....
You have a lot of time on your hands, huh?
What’s the difference? The scripture simply says “drunkenness”. I might experience “drunkenness” with just one drink. Another may not experience “drunkenness” after 4 of the same drinks. I think scripture is rather clear on what “drunkenness” is. Proverbs 23 would be a good start. If alcohol begins to cause one to function at a level that is inconsistent with Godliness it becomes “drunkenness”. That seems that it would be subjective to each individual.
It is called “masking”
This is not a better tolerance, but an ability to mask symptoms. Drunk is drunk.
If it helps .. The Rule of St. Benedict limits the monastics to a hemina of wine a day. Which is anywhere from 10 oz to a pint of wine depending on who is doing the translating/measuring.
Cheers!
I remember as a young teen, before I stopped going to church, listening to a guest pastor extolling the virtues of temperance. But he was only talking about alcohol abstinence. From his corpulent appearance it was obvious he was not temperate at the dinner table.
I don ‘t think you’re going to be able to argue fine points of law and biochemistry with the Almighty.
No.
There was a period of about a decade, wherein I was hitting the bars every night, I could afford it, I had friends there, I was single and found it entertaining. I drank like a fish. You do build a tolerance. There was a point, before I stopped drinking beer due to coming down with gout, when it took four to six beers to even feel anything at all. It was interesting when I stopped, too. Sleep difficulties, night sweats almost like an immune reaction. That wasn’t all that hard, though. The hard thing was figuring out what to do with my evenings, I missed the people. The alcohol? No big deal. I still have a drink on occasion. Not prone to addiction, I guess.
Why are you trying to walk so close to the edge? Wouldn’t it be better to just do what God requires, and walk with Him? Why keeping pushing the boundaries?