As I approach this topic, I am reminded of a story of a Sunday School teacher who was trying to explain the dangers of alcohol to a class of little boys. She took a glass of clear water and placed it on a desk; then took a glass of alcohol and placed it next to the glass of water.

She dropped some worms into the water and they just swam around. She then dropped some worms into the alcohol and they immediately curled up and died. Holding the glass of alcohol in one hand and the glass of water in the other, she said, "Now, boys, who can tell me the lesson this teaches us?"

One little boy raised his hand and said, "I know the lesson if you ever get worms, drink a lot of alcohol."

Well, I know at the outset of this message that there will be some people like that little boy who either don't…