Why Do We Drink?

 

Happiness, love, belonging, satisfaction

The emotions most important to us

The emotions some people spend their whole lives trying to get, yet fail to get them

The emotions the entire world is desperately searching for

The reason we do everything we do

The reason we drink and smoke,

The reason we spend so much time on social media,

The reason we try to shut the doors on our horrifying past,

And try and light lamps to create a brighter path to our future

Yet do these things actually help us feel these emotions of

Happiness, love, belonging, satisfaction

Temporarily, maybe

But in the long run?

We do so many bad things in our day to day life

Why? So we can feel these emotions of

Happiness, love, belonging, satisfaction

We drink,

Engage in gossip,

Smoke,

Take drugs,

Get into the wrong friend circle,

Bully others,

Hurt others,

Get int

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o distractions and bad habits,

Try to accumate a lot of money,

Gamble

And we do feel loved, satisfied, content,

As if we finally have a place on this planet,

As if we finally belong somewhere

But, let’s ask ourselves these 2 questions

The next time we reach for that glass bottle,

Or open our mouths to say something hurtful,

Or stay glued to our screens for the entire day

Or lie or cheat or hurt others,

Or work those extra 4 hours late at night in the office,

With our families waiting eagerly to see our face at home

Are we doing the right thing?

Are we helping ourselves and those closest to us?

Are we feeling those emotions of

Happiness, love, belonging, satisfaction

In their truest, and most complete sense?

Will these emotions be long lasting or just temporary?

And maybe then, we can change

And maybe then we can be better people,

Say better things, do better things,

And make the world a better place