Proverbs 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
These five verses tell the story of what alcohol can do to a person. First we see that the drink that is being consumed here is a strong drink which when consumed to excess can cause a lot of things to happen. First it can cause a hangover and make you wonder what you did. It distorts reality when too much is consumed and makes you do things you would not normally do. It makes you feel as if be being tossed about on a ship causing you to be sick and confused. When the drunkard awakes because of his lack of sense his first thought is to repeat what he just did. This is the beginning of alcoholism. We can learn from this that even though we may think we can handle taking a drink we need to realize this another way for Satan to ease into our lives. The word tells us to abstain from all appearances of evil. Please attend church today and if you have any kind of addiction leave it at the alter with God.