Bad Company Contagious!
A recent British study has discovered binge drinking (10 or more drinks at least once a week) is contagious.
In an online survey (always a dicey method), 504 young Brits revealed that 16% of them were binge drinkers. Over half of them ran in social circles which contained mostly binge drinkers. Among the non-binge drinkers, only 15% revealed that they ran in circles where the majority of their friends were binge drinkers.
Yes, the British pubs have extended their hours and, yes, the price of alcohol has dropped a bit in jolly old England, but “fashion is sufficient to explain the spread of binge drinking,” the researcher confided.
Maybe Mom’s refusal to let her teenage son attend a sleepover at Jimmy’s (whose parents were spending the weekend in California) does not look so capricious. Parents who are involved with their children’s lives will want to know who their kids are running with.
The Bible said it best. “Bad company corrupts good character.”
–Don Pieper
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Now this is one I can really agree with! Keeping bad company can ruin your life. It almost happened to me in my early years. Some of my “buddies” ended up in reform school. I was lucky.
Now I’m hearing that Obama’s associations are not really important to what he would do as President……huh? Give me a break! The guy associated with radicals in his church and elsewhere. Has he changed now? Does his voting record in the Senate show that his character has changed? No, I think not.
I agree, bad company is contagious!!!!