Bette:  Have you tried alcohol yourself?

Angie:  I had a taste from a bottle of wine you all had.  It was okay, but not that tasty. I don’t see the attraction in the stuff.

Tina: Alcohol has, for most people, significant and immediate effects on the human body. Until a person reaches their adult body, alcohol can be detrimental to development particularly to brain functions.  Alcohol generally in all people represses brain function. It represses reflex action, it represses the processes which creates memories, it represses logic and defense mechanisms. And in a growing child, this could potentially be permanent if excess amounts of alcohol are introduced to the brain. That is the reason that society prohibits children from indulging in alcohol. With the use of alcohol in light and moderate amounts, some of these same effects occur, but the body can recover from those effects within a few hours.  With heavy use on a consistent basis, the effect can take months to recover from and sometime the effects can be permanent in that the brain never recovers to its original function.  Alcohol is a social drink which people use to reduce stress and to relax from the day-to-day routine. And if you enjoy an alcoholic beverage in a safe and controlled situation and you do not drink too much, it can enhance the experience. However, some over consume and become inebriated or drunk. In that state, they do not function as they normally would without the alcohol. They have problems walking, talking, and thinking in a logical manner. They are open to the suggestions from others and sometimes do things they would normally do while sober. Significant numbers of people engage in sex with people they would never even consider sleeping with except for the effects of alcohol. Significant numbers of people who over indulge in alcohol wake up with people who are complete strangers and have no recollection of how they got in that situation.  This is a particular prevalent phenomenon of young people who drink excessively. And being not in control of the situation, they tend to forget about things such as pregnancy prevention, the possibility of catching a sexually transmitted diseases or the possibility that your sex partner is an ax murderer.