Akira The Don Jordan B Peterson's Drinking Song
Better than alcohol, man
Yeah, and the funny thing is if you're trying to stop drinking you need something better than alcohol
And alcohol is pretty good so you better find something a lot better, man
Estimable people do estimable things it's like, yeah, well you wanna figure out something that you're doing with your life that's worth not getting drunk and screwing up
You might say, well, why do people drink too much?
If you like alcohol, that's a stupid question
Why do people drink too much?
Well, 'cause it's great
So why stop? Well, you do stupid things when you're drunk
You hurt yourself you compromise your health it's really hard on the people around you
You tend to turn into a liar and it screws up your life
It's like yeah, but it's pretty fun
Yeah, well it is but
You need something better than that
And what's better isn't
Being straight and not making mistakes
It's like that's all prohibition in some sense, what's better is
No, you need an adventure, man
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Alcohol
It's an interesting drug
Alcohol
It's a hell of a drug
Alcohol
It‘s a great drug
But the problem is
It's a great drug
No, you need an adventure, man
You need to get out there and have something to do
Something worth waking up for
That's the substitute for the addiction
Actually, the addiction is the substitute for that
If truth be known
Alcohol really is a good drug for coping with anxiety
It makes you more extroverted and enthusiastic more full of positive emotion
And the second thing it does is reduce anxiety
It's a great drug
But the problem is well, it's a great drug
For the moment
[Chorus]
Alcohol
It's an interesting drug
Alcohol
It's a hell of a drug
Alcohol
It‘s a great drug
But the problem is
It's a great drug
Alcohol is an interesting drug because it actually doesn't make people stupid
People who are drunk will take far more risk and you might say, well, that's because they're too stupid to understand the risks, it's like, no, they're not
If you ask them about the risk when they're drunk they can outline it perfectly
What it stops them from doing is caring about the risk
That's why you can drive around drunk at high speed in a car which is a really stupid thing to do
It's fun, you know, like so many things, it's like jumping of a cliff (I'm flying)
True, until the last 1/10 of a second, it's like then you're not flying, man
[Chorus]
Alcohol
It's an interesting drug
Alcohol
It's a hell of a drug
Alcohol
It's a great drug
But the problem is
It's a great drug
But the problem is
There's consequences
