I started thinking about consumption of alcohol and whether people choose to drink for the flavor, or the effect. At first my thought was flavor only, but that isn’t entirely true. Sometimes a nice cold beer is refreshing and that would actually be an effect. I always choose my beverage based on flavor and try to mitigate the effects with copious consumption of water. There is nothing worse than dehydration after having too much flavor in one evening. Alcohol can be a tricky beast and all of a sudden what started as a flavorful evening can turn into a horrible morning. Now some people only drink for effect. They purchase the lowest common denominator and consume as much of it as they can. Luckily most of these people are young and do not truthfully have a problem, but there are some who just never know when to stop. Those people need to take a look in the mirror and do some soul-searching and decide either to only go for flavor or to stop altogether. From what I see most people are opting for flavor today. I rarely see someone I believe had overindulged and those who have are being responsible and using alternate transportation when transportation is required. So in the end mainly flavor with the occasional refreshing effect. Thoughts?
