It started in my early twenties when I openly rejected first offer to partake Alcohol and has ever since continued the same vow to date (except one instance, as noted earlier). But it has in no ways deterred my jovial lifestyle and I had always been among the party boys. As an adaptation to the missing beverage, Regular Coke (or Classic Pepsi) became my party partner. Dancing to the beats with a glass of Pepsi in hands, it never happened that I was found to be in lesser spirits than those 'Talli-boys'.
Today after a Transplant Workshop at the BWH (one hospital), I actually realized that despite my 'Sacred Vow 'I have done nothing good to my body as in the long run as I just replaced intake of one addiction with another i.e. Coke above Beer. There has been no gains as in pursue of preventing Cirrhosis I have only ended up promoting atherosclerosis unknowingly and meanwhile also lost the opportunity of enjoying pro-cardiac effects of Wine.
30 minutes prior to this 'realization' I had more to worry. One friend was dictating the role of Carbon Monoxide (at conc. of 150 ppm) in preventing the transplant rejection and also improving Cardiovascular function. Indirectly, it wont be too early to say that this Harvard study will be followed by more of them about the role of 'Smoking{may be in smaller doss} (as it produces CO) in preventing Cardiovascular deaths'. Does it mean that I will have to repent one day for being a non-smoker, although the science of today believes that 'Smoking is the leading cause of Morbidity among humans '. Despite this kin, I have no doubts in believing that the studies finding the protective roles of Smoking will be receiving Mega-dollars in funding and unlimited Propagandized Marketing.
Once again, the fate of one out of many lessons I learned from my parents have been found to be paradoxical, although I still continue to believe in the original manuscript. It makes me wonder once again about an honest existence of dishonest God, who created life in one of his whims and has since tried enough to end its own creations.
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