Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The sin of binge drinking

An online news story reported today that one in four high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in binge drinking in the past month, putting themselves and those around them at risk. The researchers said that among high school students who drink, 60 percent say they binge drink, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men over the span of a few hours.


Men in the study were more than twice as likely as women to binge drink, with 21 percent of men reporting binge drinking, compared with 10 percent of women. And binge drinking was more common among whites than blacks, with 16 percent of whites reporting binge drinking compared with 10 percent of blacks. Overall, a quarter of high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in binge drinking. Drinking too much is the third-leading cause of premature deaths and disabilities worldwide.


Of course, we know that drinking will damage someone’s health, but more importantly, it is the against the will of God. Proverbs 23:29-32 says, “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” Proverbs 20:1 says, “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” In the New Testament, the drinker will not make it to heaven, but instead will be condemned to hell (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21). One must certainly not drink because of all the possibilities of health problems, but also because of the greater danger -- spiritual death.


Kyle Campbell

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