Alcohol doesn't help healthy dating habits

If you're like most people, dating should be something to practice seriously because, after all, your future mate is the prize of this small-scale social exploration.

Bringing love into your life should come with a lot of positive things but when alcohol is added to mix, it just makes everything complicated.

Why is alcohol such a danger?

For starters, alcohol can kill you, if not properly dosed. If it doesn't kill you quickly from an overdose, it can still kill you slowly, robbing you of your life essence.

But it gets worse.

That alcohol you ingest does you no good, whatsoever. Some people might infer a more relaxed state from alcohol but that could be achieved in so many other ways, without any side-effects so why pay so much for alcohol and have inconvenient side-effects, including death? Well, some people are big on alcohol's taste and perhaps, the state of lightheadedness it provides.

While some people like to forget by drugging themselves with enough alcohol (to get to that point), it's clear that the individual is felling reality and as such, this behaviour can't become a solid foundation for a healthy relationship.

Yes, some people who happen to like alcohol will sometimes find that habit binds their relationship but in and of itself, it typically comes with a cost in terms of health, self-respect and connectedness to reality... their own and that of others.

Almost everybody knows (or has known) alcoholics who left us too soon or who just missed huge parts of their own lives. What good did alcohol do for them?

While so many people drinking alcohol aren't alcoholics, there needs to be clear personal guidelines for everyone so that drinking doesn't morph into a worse problem than it already is. For some, it's easy but others, that's a real fight that drains energy, all the time.

So if you're looking to display healthy dating habits, get the alcohol out of the way or at least, make sure to consume alcohol responsibly. Less being best.

You're smart so you figure out what fits you best but at the very least, have an educated reflection on alcohol and it's many effects on both you and those around you.

You're worth so much more than a version of yourself weakened by alcohol. Whoever you are, alcohol's endgame for you is just bad news.