There Are Plenty Of Reasons To Drink

You will not find this surprising: “People find that drinking wine helps them to relax more than spending time with their children or partner, according to a survey. Nearly two thirds (61 per cent) of adults said drinking was their top choice after a stressful day, while just over a quarter (28 per cent) said spending time with their children helped them relax and 26 per cent opted for talking with their partner.”

There is, however, something alarming that this research has discovered: “Among both sexes, nearly two-thirds admit to drinking after a stressful experience and 73 per cent after a bad day at work. This compares with just 15 per cent who drink after a great day and 17 per cent who hit the bottle after a ‘good day’ at work.”

See this, to me, is where alcohol’s amazing ability to make the awful realities of existence tolerable does itself a disservice, in the sense that people quite rightly focus on how alcohol allows you to make it through another terrible day, but ignore the way that alcohol can also enhance those all-too-rare high points in life. What those 15% of people who drink after a great day know that the rest of you don’t is that it isn’t officially a “great” day until you’ve added alcohol to it. I guess what I’m saying is you should be drinking in both good times and bad, because alcohol is just that versatile. Enjoy!