The Aftertaste Of Alcohol Series

I worked for 17 years as a respiratory therapist. One night while at work as a Respiratory Therapist at Los Alomitos Medical Center I was paged to the E.R. stat. A family while driving down a city streetwas hit head on by a drunk driver.

A dad

A Mom

And a 8 y/o daughter, named Sara was pronounced

dead at the scene, while their 4 y/o son was

rushed to the E.R. where I worked.

Three days later the 4 y/o boy asked the nurse,

"Where is my mommy?"

"Where is my daddy?"

"Where is Sara?"

Listen closely, thats the finished product of alcohol, don’t be deceived. Thats the finished product of the brewers art. Hit by a drunk driver guilty of nothing except driving their family car down a city street.

Alcohol literally lies to you, mocks you by giving false promises. It seems to promise you alot of friends, but many have found out as the prodigal son did in Luke 15, that the friends it provides are fair weather friends indeed. Alcohol promises you social acceptability. Well, you get to the place where you are a hopeless drunk, wallowing in your stink and filth, then see how many parties you get invited too. Booze and hard liquor leads to brawls and fighting the scripture tells us. Lots of guys and gals, get a belley full of alcohol and they become mean and tough, doing and saying things they wouldn’t do and wouldn’t say if they were sober.

Listen: Do you want to find friends, social acceptability, freedom, emotional stability, and true happiness in life? Realize you won’t find it in the drinking crowd! But you will find those things when you are right with God and right with others. Every thing alcohol promises and cannot deliever can be delievered and much more to you,

good measure

pressed down

running over

in Jesus Christ, and fellowship with His family the New Testament local church. Don’t be deceived. Why go to a bar looking for a relationship or a way out of some situation? COME TO JESUS, LIVE FOR HIM...

He alone will give you love,

He alone will deliever you from bondage,

He alone will give you a fulfilling life.

Many think they are the exception. "Preacher, I understand, but I can control it...believer me I can."

Listen: It has been said, "There is not one alcoholic alive today that didn’t start out an incident kid that never had a drink. There is not one drunk in the world today that decided one day, ’I’m going to be a no good drunk.’ "

The above resources as quoted earlier, tell us that one out of every 22 Americans that take that first drink will be hooked and become helpless alcoholics.

You may say I’m to intelligent. Some of the highest IQ’s in America are hopeless alcoholics. You may say well I’m religious. Religion will not keep you from being a drunk. It will just make you a drunk that can quote scripture. But you say I’m moral, morality will not keep you from being a drunk. Drunkedness will keep you from being moral. It will literally destroy your morality. Don’t be deceived, alcohol promises pleasure but pays off in pain. In closing today turn with me in your Bibles to Proverbs chapter 23 and starting with verse 29.