I wonder what quite causes the effect commonly referred to as 'high'. I know that it is a completely chemical process, where a little of my brain and a lot of Organic Chemistry work together with the so beautiful fermented stuff to produce a nice buzz, for most people, and a complete black-out, for me.

I'm actually more concerned about the reason for the specie Homo Sapiens to go through a completely controlled, self motivated pursuit of substance abuse that will cause the total breakdown of any moral character ending in quite disastrous consequences. One could explain it with Thermodynamics, entropy and such, but since I flunked in every single exam of Chemistry that I have ever written (except of course the 12th Std. Board Exams, in which I obtained a very respectable 68, after some very needed help from Sundeep on how to draw the structure of SiO2), I will not go down that path. I could alternatively try the 'rebel' factor, but again it seems like a weak argument knowing the fact that if anything is 'cool' the first time, it rarely is the tenth time. I could try the 'breaking-the-ice-to-start-a-conversation' bit, but most people I know don't stop at socially acceptable amounts (except Sundeep of course, cheers dude, you'll still have your liver when mine is inside a refrigerator), say for example George, who drinks what an entire White House party for 200 drinks, and ends up having more ethanol than blood in his 'blood-stream'. Alternatively, there is the 'Devdas-beard-paro-loewing-while-she's-getting-married-to-an-older-uglier-guy' bit, still seems quite weak, firstly because alcohol does not make you feel better, it f***ks the head up, hangovers are very bad, and frankly, I don't think Paro is going to leave a rich, fat, old guy who's about to die and has an inheritance that's the size of George's capacity for alcohol for a beard toting alcoholic.

I'm not able to come up with any reasons.

Why this 'moral quandary' all of a sudden? One, I'm vetti. Two, I'm still vetti. Three, I want to know why am drinking?

PS. My stance on tobacco and marijuana will be up in a while.