Morality runs hand in hand with enjoying your life. Eventually you get to the point where you do whatever you get the greatest joy from, and most of the time this joy comes from achievement and relating/spending time with people of similar interest to yourself.
I drink coffee like a civ. I do so because I only sleep about 4 hours a night and sometimes when I'm reading something complex it can get tough to stay awake. I realize the reasons in which I do this, it makes sense, so I continue to do this.
If you didn't notice my user name, yes, I'm in the Army. Lower enlisted, and on top of that I just got back stateside a couple weeks ago. I have an extremely stressful job, but it's probably not for the reason that you're thinking. Anyone who knows anything about the Army knows that there isn't always the brightest people in charge and many times we'll waste hours upon hours doing something one way when it could be done 10x more effieciently with a little thought.
By no means am I complaining about it though. I'm mearly stating the facts. If I didn't love what I am doing I wouldn't be doing it. My job merely has a few trade-offs that make it tough.
So after 4-5 hours waiting in line to fix something that shouldn't have needed fixing in the first place, we finally get released. At this point I'm about to lose my mind from the raw stupidity I have just dealt with.
Your damn right I'm going back to my room to have a beer. In fact, I'll probably go get my buddy Wes, because Wes isn't a bad guy, and then we'll have a couple beers. We'll probably crank up some good music, kick back, and relax.
By this point I might be satisfied, so I'll get on the internet or pick up a book and start reading and studying. By chance if I'm still feeling a little "irked", I'm going to get on my bike and fly down the highway around a couple corners at about 110 mph.
Is this dangerous? Hell yes, and that's why I love it. Because I'm confident in my self and my ability to laugh in the face of this danger.
Morality (through an objective perspective) is the clearest path to happiness.
It's not IF you drink, or IF you do this and that. It's WHY.
Are you doing something because it will make you happy? Are you doing it because you love your life and love to relish on the thought of how good it is to just be alive? Or, are you doing it to lose yourself; to forget who you are and what you've done?
Maybe you're drinking because whatever you are doing in the meantime is that pointless, that mundane a task whereas the only thing that you can do to make it the slightest bit worthwhile is to get drunk. Should this be the case, why don't you do something constructive next time. Then you probably won't even want to drink.
The funny thing is that there are actually only a few people that I enjoy spending recreational time with. Occasionally I'll be forced into that situation where the only polite thing to do is spend some time with the other ones. In this situation, am I going to have a couple beers?
You're damn right I am.
