When I hear the word "bottles" I think of two things, typically: baby bottles and liquor bottles. I usually think of baby bottles more often, because my oldest brother has five kids and my cousin has five kids as well. But every now and then I think of liquor bottles, because I have a friend whose wife struggles with drinking, and I have some friends who drink as well.
Drinking (responsibly, at least) is not bad in and of itself. Unless you are out drinking uncontrollably and getting drunk all the time, drinking can be ok. But you have to be careful with it. you shouldn't drink around those who struggle with it as an addiction. Doing so would tempt and encourage said alcoholic to drink. But , as it does cause problems, it would be wise not to dink at all. It would be better not to risk getting drunk, getting addicted, or encouraging someone else to drink.
When I hear the word "bottles" I think of the time when one of my co-workers bought some liquor for one of out other co-workers, the buyer being twenty-one and the receiver being eighteen. I'm also reminded of when I was called naive and innocent at work because I did not know what some of drinks were that they were talking about. I'm reminded still fo the story of David and Bathsheeba. David gets Bathsheeba pregnant while Uriah, her husband, was at war. David then calls Uriah back so that Uriah will go home to his wife and David won't get caught. Uriah instead sleeps with the guards at the foot of the castle. David then decides to get Uriah drunk so that he will go home to his wife, but even when he's drunk he won't go home to his wife. He didn't think it was fair for him to go lay with his wife while his fellow country men were still out on the battlefield fighting. In the end, David has Uriah killed in battle and takes Bathsheeba as his own wife. He ends up grieving the whole 9 months of the pregnancy and loses the baby. Nathan the prophet rebukes David after all of this.
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