Have you ever made a decision at the peak of the moment which you regretted once you regain consciousness or should I say 'came back to reality'? I would like to believe that we have all made such decisions at some point in our lives.
Many times, we fall into a specific type of bad mood and all we want is some form of diversion from reality. A temporary diversion. Different people turn to different things, some of which include music, art, drinking, smoking, etc. We all have our personal preference. One thing however is that after the short encounter with the negative diversions, people come out full of regret because they may have caused more problems for themselves.
"Liquid Lunch" is an amazing piece of music that was shared by a hiver during one of the #threetunetuesday episodes. I immediately loved the song because the introduction was captivating and the rest of the flow was interesting. You know when you do something bad and you can't exactly apologise because it probably isn't the first time you've done it but somewhere deep down, you desire to change your ways.
Liquid lunch is about a lady who went to have a few bottles of drinks and soon enough she was drowned in them. On returning to reality, she realises that she has only 50 cents remaining in her account, invariably meaning that she paid the tabs. Imagine waking up with a serious headache and the realisation that you're broke just hits you.
A suffering liver and an empty bank account are on the top of the list of what heavy drinking has to offer. I would love to preach about how terrible heavy drinking is but I wouldn't. Why? Because the people who indulge in it already know what it feels like and by extension they may have come across the detriments of heavy drinking.
Nonetheless, liquid lunch makes drinking sound so fun but I like the fact that Caro Emerald didn't leave out the part where she said promised it was going to be the last time. This statement cannot exactly be trusted, especially coming from the addicts but once they make up their minds to stop I feel it is feasible.
Many people have in one way or another witnessed the effect of excessive alcohol. Could be from a parent, a colleague, a friendly neighbour which reminds me of a neighbour we had once upon a time. I do not know the exact reason why he started drinking but he got so deep into it and eventually became an addict. He started his mornings with a bottle of beer and ended the day the same way. His wife and kids felt the wrath by extension as he was always nagging and sometimes he even went ahead to lay his hands on them.
As expected, he became a menace to society. Parents used him as an example when describing the ills of alcoholism. It was just terrible. Along the line something changed. It is either he saw what he was slowly turning into and didn't like the sight of it or he had a conversation with someone but he slowly began to change and soon enough he was back to normal. His reputation had already been tarnished because people still referred to him as the drunk but he was back to normalcy and that is what mattered the most.
We may make bad decisions spontaneously in our life but there is always room for redemption. Also, there is always a lesson to pick from such experiences.
Love🤍