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#1 >Drinking is just like doing anything else - like swimming or driving a car or flying a plane - you need to understand the rules, know your safety limits, pay attention to signs, and remain aware of your surroundings. With the information provided here, you can learn to drink safely and responsibly, and help those around you do so as well. (helping others - may be one of the main aspects of how to keep your self in check - when you are responsible for someone else - you keep your self in check... and it's just like teaching - then it really works - (you are in a position of a parent - like a father to a son - you provide an example... and thus you are learning and so on and so fourth... )

#2 * alcohol is there to enjoy, not make our life harder... so once you drink you enjoy - but once you overdrink it's the opposite (ohh and please excuse some run on points as I will address them in later posts...)

#3 * know when to say no, do not be afraid to say that's enough - you will be respected more - try it (you can also do "over the shoulder technique" :) - that is when you basically pretend to be drinking but in fact are not - there are many ways do do that - more on this later... (but you can basically take a mini sip and just put it back down and no one will notice and those that do will likely understand and in fact respect you more; or in an open bar event ... or pending on circumstances - you can pour it out (be creative as to where and how...) or you can take it into your mouth and pour it out into another glass that has another beverage - such as coca cola (but I hope you are not drinking anything else with your alcohol - except for water/electrolytes... as many other drinks do not mix well)
- again why are you doing this? so you could in fact enjoy your self and the time and the money you are spending! Enjoy now and the next day - instead of ruining the evening, the night, the sleep, the next morning and day and possibly the days afterwards or even possibly your entire life - it's all very very serious - it's a matter of keeping a very delicate balance when you are engaging in alcohol your and other life's depend on it

#4 * Three is the magic number:

- three drinks an hour should be the rule - and to never ever mix - one drink is:
-- one shot of hard alcohol (those consisting of about 40% alcohol) - shot being about 25 mL (0.845 oz)
or
-- one glass of wine (not the full glass - but regularly filled about half or so) which would make it about 80 mL of wine
-- and all others - should be in equivalent amount in alcohol to the ones above... so you can do the calculation...

- to help you remember and judge better - and keep your self in check - remember that good things come in threes - and first drink is for the Christ (and not the time - as this is when you will be able to start over), second is for the Holy Spirits and third is for the Virgin Mary - by this time you should be feeling intoxicated (or soon will be - based on many other factors...) and it will not get any better by drinking more - you are at a well balanced climax - if you drink more instead it will get works - after this it will only be down the hill... and if you take the fourth - it's for the devil and any consecutive drinks after.

now back to #3 and #4 - if someone is offering you more a defense mechanism/cause you can use (and it may be true) is that they already have had enough; or they do not know the art of drinking; or that they had first, second and their third drink and now the fourth - the devil has gotten into them, and it's (through them) trying to get into you... and it will lead to devil...

#5 Having another drink - Pairing and getting another drink - this is crucial - as it will help you automatically - when drinking - you should have another beverage - always

1. Pair your drinks. The single best habit you can adopt is to always drink one nonalcoholic beverage for every glass of beer, wine, or liquor. Just ask for a glass of water with your first drink (and make sure you get it), and then alternate sipping from each glass, making sure to ask for water refills whenever necessary. If you're hosting a party, make sure to have water out on the buffet or dinner table for your guests, and refill water glasses as often as wine glasses.

Pairing your drinks in this way offers several benefits:

You are slowing and diluting your alcohol intake. This gives your body more time to adjust to and metabolize the alcohol you consume, and gives you more control over your drinking experience, since you can "slow down" by switching to water, making you more likely to be enjoyably relaxed as opposed to slurring and stumbling.

Alcohol is a diuretic, dehydrating you and making you thirsty, so having a nonalcoholic beverage keeps you hydrated. (This also helps to prevent hangovers, which are partially caused by dehydration.)

You can also better enjoy the flavor of your chosen beverage, because water can help clear your palate.

For the first few times, you'll probably have to remind yourself to drink water. But you'll be thanking yourself the next morning, and it will quickly become a habit.

#6 - Eat! (more on this later)

2. Eat. Eating whenever you are consuming alcohol is another great safeguard against irresponsible drinking. Ideally, you should never drink on an empty stomach. But if you are in a situation where you didn't get to eat before arriving, when you ask for your first drink and glass of water, ask for some snacks as well. Like water, food (particularly proteins and fats) helps to slow down your absorption of alcohol. Incorporating food also helps to shift the occasion away from being alcohol-focused to a social experience.

#7 - again drinking should be an enjoyable process - and it is like much else - can be an beautiful art form; "you are what you eat" well and what you drink - so get to know what it is that you are drinking - see the label; how much alcohol is in it... and so on... and this way you care respect your alcohol and it will respect you; speaking of alcohol is like your friend - it does not go well with other friends - it wants you to be loyal to it - what leads me to #8

#8 never ever mix - again a particular malt is your friend/lover, it has a chance to be only a friend with you and it wants you to be his only friend/lover - so never ever mix friends/lover and be unloyal - else it will lead to a disaster; it's plain and simple as that. Just like when you are paining a room all in one color - you want to sick to one brand of paint, and even one and same can;

So pick your alcohol and stick to it; never switch; if you (or who ever) ran out of it - then chances are you are already drunk ;) and do not need any more!

Once you put another type of alcohol in there - they will even chemically disagree - like two different individuals trying to share a lover... they will immediately start fighting inside of your stomach and it will get crazy - your head will hurt and your stomach might say everybody out.

#9 alcohol will try to sneak more alcohol inside it - show it who is in control and that you will not be compromised...

#10 laugh at those who mix or over drink, just imagine what awaits them soon after, in an hour, two and later on... (try to help them if you can...)

#11 all your other efforts are destroyed by over drinking - keeping a healthy life style, healthy diet, going to the gym are all wasted by simply over spoiling

#12 will get older - an average life expectancy for a male in Russia is 59.12 - it's for a reason - man in Russian die at

#13 maybe sometimes it's needed to get it out of your system - I am still not sure - if it is - but if it is to be done - then in the safety of your own home...