Letter to my best friend

Dear DRUK 11,000,

Good people say that you are the root of evil deeds, I did believe on that statement when I use to be among one of them. Even the ardent Buddhist practitioner has a superstitious belief that drinking alcohol is against the standard norms of Buddhism despite the fact every ritual is incomplete without usage of an alcohol as a DUETSE (blessed holy liquid) but it does have a logic as drunkard people hardly have a good judgmental capacity.

Back at college life, when I use to be among one of the social drinkers I had a good experience of how alcohol alter the character of decent people. As a seldom drinker I use to observe how people act after drinking and found that there are three stages of alcohol intoxication.  Till 35% intoxication of alcohol people enjoy the company of drinkers, they share views on intellectual talks which I find is bit encouraging. When they reach 75% of intoxication level, people start to develop an extra sense about their behaviors and feel themselves insecure about the situation and simply worry about what people around them might think about their drinking characters and finally when people cross 75% of intoxication level they  forget about themselves and tend to act senselessly.  Reviewing the story behind why Buddhist followers are against the consumption of alcohol, I should quote that the pious monk must have reached beyond 75% of intoxication when he slaughtered a goat and slept a night with a young lady, which are against the practice of Buddhist philosophy.          

Clinically it has been proved that consumption of alcohol is injurious to the health and it’s a sort of poison that instantly kills a thousand of consumers around the globe. Despite the tendency of the liver to grow after certain level of damage, chronic alcoholism results in liver cirrhosis which is the cause of ultimate death. 

Down the line few months after getting employed as civil servant, although I was aware of above beliefs and the proven scientific facts, I did drink lot of alcohol. Brand didn't make much difference, as my sole objective of drinking was to have intoxication to get rid of mental disturbances that I was suffering from.  Druk 11000, the only beer brand available in Bhutan after the ban imposed over import of externally manufactured alcohol products dominated my preference followed by the highlander whiskey. 

Though drinking habit was in my hereditary line, I could experience that once you are into alcoholism, the hardly developed good habits easily get wiped away. Prior to drinking habits of mine, I use to have meals in time regularly in spite of my marital status as bachelor and everything use to be with routine. The word called “mess” wasn't in my dictionary until I adopted the habit of drinking.

Druk 11000, I am thankful to you for accompanying me during both the happiest and bad times of me, which I won’t be able to forget you in my life ahead. Being able to hold you was the pride of me. To be with you was the happiest moment of my life. But going away from you will be the deadliest nightmare I will ever have which will haunt me down. Even than I ‘m left with no choices than to go away from you because of my medical condition.

BYE! BYE!   DRUK 11000, hope to be with you in future if my health condition improves and I will miss you.

Yours faithful consumer