“Don’t be a follower” is good but incomplete advice. Normally this is said as a negative response to following an evil, corrupt, or bad example. Some people, friends, or relatives may not be good examples of how to live and of what to think.
I once knew a 21-year-old man who had a friend too. He had several friends. His group of friends said: “Let’s go get a drink and have a ‘good time.'” He drank his first alcohol that night. He became drunk and ended up in a bar fight. This man took the fight outside where (with his military training) he ended up killing the man. With one dead, the man’s life will never be the same. Prison. Criminal record. Guilt. All it took was one choice. One moment, following some bad advice from a “friend.” He willingly let someone lead him astray. You don’t want to follow this sad example.
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No Safe Alcohol
No Safe Alcohol An August 24 report concluded after extensive study “there’s no safe level of alcohol consumption.” Millions of cases from 200 countries indicated that 1 in 10 deaths are actually -alcohol related. “Any protective health effects of alcohol were offset by the drink’s risks:” including cancer, car wrecks and more. “The widely heldContinue reading “No Safe Alcohol”
One Drink Later
One Drink Later A military chaplain once told me a story of a teenager who enlisted. This recruit grew up in a conservative church like ours with parents who loved Jesus. One night he, with his new army buddies he went out on the town. He had never had a drop of alcohol in hisContinue reading “One Drink Later”
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