When I was a pastor in Indianapolis I was asked to visit the son of a parishioner. He was in prison, convicted of killing two people in a drunk driving accident. While visiting with him he told me a little but about his story. He began driniking when he was 14 and at first he didn't even like it. But his friends all drank and he wanted to be like his friends and so he drank too. Weekend drinking turned to weekday drinking before he left high school. In college he pulled an all nighter but not for studying...for drinking. Early in the morning he was hungry and he drove to get something to eat. That is when the accident happened. He told me that when he got out, he was going to go around to different area high schools and tell his story.
Ben Sira warns of the trouble with those who drink too much in verses 25-31. I've seen the destruction alcohol brings to so many lives. I guess Ben Sira has too.
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