Relationships with alcohol

KofiKrafts

What is the point of getting drunk 

Like it doesn't make sense to me 

Why drink to the point you stumble 

Why drink to the point you can't speak 

 

Sentences half formed as the words sluggishly leave the lips laced seamlessly with the poison of alcohol,

smell of alcohol hugs tightly it seeming as though the words were being choked,

your message diluted in slurs and repetition.

 

The burning sensation as is slivers down the windpipe 

The heat radiating through the chest dispersing to all corners of the body

This feeling is meant to feel good 

This feeling is meant to be addictive 

This feeling is meant to be the reason people drink?

 

Or is the reason people drink is the effect 

It causes you to forget slipping in and out of consciousness,

Memories half baked turning minutes to hours and hours to seconds,

Momentary flashes of event passed with no sense of order that must be pieced together the morning after

They drink to escape.

 

"I don't drink" is what I want to tell you 

That me being able to distill, filter and brew on this topic lead to some sort of realisation. 

That I don't conform to peer pressure or give in as I too fear of missing out. 

So as I continue to live I also become addicted to society’s legal poison.

What’s your reason to drink?

 

  • Author: KofiKrafts (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 1st, 2022 17:02
  • Comment from author about the poem: This is my first poem I really appreciate that you took the time to read this and can take something from it. \r\nI also want to grow as a aspiring poet so any advice or insight would be amazing
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 36
  • Users favorite of this poem: James Michael, Tristan Robert Lange, L. B. Mek
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  • James Michael

    It is a slippery slope, indeed! Very well written. Welcome to this mostly friendly site.

    Possibly just Relationship in the title, or Relationships.

    • KofiKrafts

      Thank you again I clearly have a lot to learn and so far this site has been great and the people on here have been super helpfully

    • KofiKrafts

      Ohh thanks didn’t realise the title was wrong hope you found a new perspective

      • James Michael

        Do hit reply instead of comment, I’ve done it many times. The title is not wrong, only what you think it should be, no worries.

        I’ve struggled with many vices and this one was at the right time and place. Please continue write what you feel here. This is a great site!

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        Your poem is brilliantly honest and, if you don't drink, I envy you. Not that I am out of control or any thing (says everyone ever...LOL), but if I could go back and NEVER try that vice...along with tobacco...I would! Ignorance sometimes is TRULY bliss! LOL! Again, a brilliant poem that hit me where it counts! Thank you!

        • KofiKrafts

          I’m still pretty young so just started going out and seeing the environment around me when it’s comes to alcohol and was struggling myself to understand it and the reason I feel the need to drink too. Also I’m really glad you was able to connect with my words and thanks for the advice and being open about your life.

        • L. B. Mek

          to contemplate reasoning
          ahead of causality
          misses that most essential of points
          that, so many
          carry out the same activities
          of an addict, without
          getting addicted or abusing themselves
          by over indulging..
          to begin with, did you know
          in the usa
          some drugs were legal, before
          during and after
          the constitution's were written
          and alcohol, was regarded as the most dangerous
          drug...
          centuries later, and its alcohol
          that's promoted, legal and accepted
          as a cultural mainstay..
          where as those, less addictive and lethal drugs
          have become illegal...
          this, is at the core
          of modernity's warped relationship
          with alcohol..
          above all else, its now become
          a method of control:
          a one cup solution to all our problems
          in life..
          had a bad day: Drink
          had a good day: Drink
          at a funeral, gotta Drink to get through it
          at a wedding, gotta Drink to get through it...
          some, drink a cup
          sip it gently, like the poison it is..
          other's
          funnel it down, to reach that escape they think
          they so need..
          (forgive me
          but your topic is too important
          and my overzealous nature
          couldn't just ignore it
          and the insidious reasons
          as to why
          its a pandemic problem
          in our world, that's claimed
          a thousand times
          the most ambitious death figures
          for covid, and yet
          at your local corner shop
          there it waits, a glistening shiny bottle
          waiting to claim its next victim...)
          a great write, an important write!
          thanks for sharing

          • KofiKrafts

            I’m actually surprised that my poem was able to invoke your response and feeling to the topic. You also gave my a new lenses to look at the topic. I hope I will continue to inspire other to talk about it too.

          • lane_summers

            Love the rawness of this. Like others have said- the honesty is refreshing.

          • a__pott

            Alcohol is a demon I fight a little more than I ever planned, a good poem! I don't get why people drink, yet I find every excuse to. So maybe I do get it. keep writing 🙂



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