Kristella Yap
October 2, 2015
Professor Kahwaji
English 96 Sec 51
My
Resistance to Alcohol
On many occasions, I have been pressured
by my friends to drink. Many of my friends like to party and they tend to
invite me sometimes. I’ve never drank or done drugs. Every time I hang out with
my friends at parties, they always pressure me to drink. The external pressure
would be my friends, since mostly everyone in parties drink when I’m the only
one not drinking. My friends feel the need to offer me alcohol. They pressure
me by saying, “It’s just for fun,” or “Just try it this once.” It gets annoying
most of the time so I end up debating inside my head with my inner conscious;
that would be my internal pressure. Sometimes when I see my friends drinking
and having fun, I have the urge to join them. But the thing that always stops
me are my values. I told myself that I plan to never drink and to never consume
anything that has alcohol in it. I know the consequences of drinking so it’s
not that hard for me to resist, but sometimes I have second thoughts. I would
think. “That’s kind of fun,” or “It might not be that bad.” It’s hard when
you’re the only one out of all your friends not drinking because they all get
drunk and starts acting foolish. That’s also one of the reason why I don’t want
to drink. The fact that I don’t like is how drunk people act. I don’t see or
want to see myself acting foolishly. Another reason I don’t want to drink is
because of my mom. I know she wouldn’t want me to disappoint her. My main reason
is because of God. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 6, “Don’t you
realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and
was given to you by God?” The quote illustrates that our body was given by God
so therefore we have to take care of it. Since God is my number one priority, I
always make sure to follow what God says. Whatever you do to your body, you’re
also doing to the Lord. The Scripture says, “The two are united into one.”
Which means that the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
So until now, I haven’t gone against my values and refuse to drink. I also plan
to keep it that way forever. Now, I try not to go to parties that contain
alcohol. Mostly, I avoid parties, whenever my friends want to hang out, I
always pick the place. I also confronted my friends clearly that I don’t drink
and never plan to, and they understood that. I would say that I am proud of
myself. No one should ever be ashamed to stand up for their values. If a person
does not want to do a certain thing, they should not be pressured to do it.
