Race doesn't drink.
I fell off the wagon 4 or 5 years ago when my Dad went in the nursing home.
I backslid terribly, and was photographed several times with alchohol in my hands at the last Innaugural ball.
That is why I dont jump on those threads debating religion so much anymore, I would be a major hippocrite, even though I have been faithful in returning to Church 3 years ago.
I had to apologize to many people who once called me consistant, because I showed I was just a sinner in need of a Saviour.
It is also one reason I am not so harsh, I see sin in my life so much more clearer, I see my opwn human frailty so clearer, and I no longer jump in someone's face about what I see as wrong or non-Biblical.
I got a real lesson onjust what sin is, and it isnt in our behaviour, it is in us as people...all of us, and especially me.
And THAT is why I dont make those threads so much anymore, I would rather share when appropriate, not start a fight over it as if I have somehow conquered sin in my life, for I learned I never did, and that I never will.