How common is alcohol (for sale) in Muslim-majority countries?

it is a blessing from Allah swt that you still were able to feel , and feel horrible about it after the feeling of a high is over, and that is what probably propelled you to find a better meaning in life, 'cause there are people who ignore those dark feelings of depression after substance abuse, and carry on for more, going deeper in the vicious cycle of being totally becoming a slave to drugs/intoxicants, and at last sealing their own fates, and unable to feel any sort of regret, remorse, or any sense of responsibility about where they are headed. If anyone had heard the lyrics of 'comfortably numb' by this well known rock band, Nirvana the lead singer of which committed suicide, thats about what drugs and intoxicants do to you, they make you comfortably numb to your own sense of warning, pain, and of those around you.

P.s: before anyone jumps at me for knowing about music, I don't listen to music anymore or ever did any drugs , and I still stand by strong against it Alhamdulilah, I came to know as a health professional about how the youth was so intoxicated by songs/drugs and etc and how music makes you enjoy drugs even more, these are all tools of satan which he uses to tempt people with and drag them slowly towards their own destruction.
 
SFatima said:
it is a blessing from Allah swt that you still were able to feel , and feel horrible about it after the feeling of a high is over, and that is what probably propelled you to find a better meaning in life, 'cause there are people who ignore those dark feelings of depression after substance abuse, and carry on for more, going deeper in the vicious cycle of being totally becoming a slave to drugs/intoxicants, and at last sealing their own fates, and unable to feel any sort of regret, remorse, or any sense of responsibility about where they are headed. If anyone had heard the lyrics of 'comfortably numb' by this well known rock band, Nirvana the lead singer of which committed suicide, thats about what drugs and intoxicants do to you, they make you comfortably numb to your own sense of warning, pain, and of those around you.

P.s: before anyone jumps at me for knowing about music, I don't listen to music anymore or ever did any drugs , and I still stand by strong against it Alhamdulilah, I came to know as a health professional about how the youth was so intoxicated by songs/drugs and etc and how music makes you enjoy drugs even more, these are all tools of satan which he uses to tempt people with and drag them slowly towards their own destruction.
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I hated Nirvana. They were popular when I was in high school and all of my classmates loved them. I couldn't stand them.

Anyway, you're right about that, sister. I finally got tired of my cycle of boredom and depression. That was part of my problem. I would get bored, get drunk/high, get depressed. I finally got tired of that cycle and realized that I had to make some changes in my life. Thus began my journey to Islam.
 
King of Nines said:
I hated Nirvana. They were popular when I was in high school and all of my classmates loved them. I couldn't stand them.

Anyway, you're right about that, sister. I finally got tired of my cycle of boredom and depression. That was part of my problem. I would get bored, get drunk/high, get depressed. I finally got tired of that cycle and realized that I had to make some changes in my life. Thus began my journey to Islam.
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As-Salaamu Alaikum Ahki,

When I reverted I knew Muslims were forbidden to get drunk, but I was under the impression it was ok to drink in moderation. Yet I never had another beer after I said the Shahadah. Before I was a daily beer drinker and had at least one beer everyday for as long as I could remember. Allaaah(swt) removed my taste for beer the minute I said the Shadah Ithank him for the gift.

For about a year after my second wife died, I went into a deep depression and drowned myself in alcohol for that period of time. But Allaah(swt) pulled be out of it. The minute I said the Shahadah.

Relax and leave it up to Allaah(swt) your desire for alcohol will leave. Just have sabr and continue to avoid it. It is a greater blessing for you to leave it as in your case you have to make a conscious effort to do so.
 
One of the reason we have so much drunk driving in the US vs. Europe is that we have so many drivers period.

If it's 2am and you're drunk in most cities, the only option is a cab ($$$) or to drive. In places like New York City, there is less drunk driving because people take public transit, etc. In a lot of US cities, the public transit is limited or it only runs until a certain time.

Fortunately, I don't drink :-) Or smoke...and given the taxes on both, I couldn't afford to even if I wanted to :-)
 
DippedinJannah said:
One of the reason we have so much drunk driving in the US vs. Europe is that we have so many drivers period.

If it's 2am and you're drunk in most cities, the only option is a cab ($$$) or to drive. In places like New York City, there is less drunk driving because people take public transit, etc. In a lot of US cities, the public transit is limited or it only runs until a certain time.

Fortunately, I don't drink :-) Or smoke...and given the taxes on both, I couldn't afford to even if I wanted to :-)
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I've always been surprised that for an industrial nation, the USA really does not have a well developed mass transit system compared to Europe and Australia.

I guess we love our cars here.
 

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