Kungani Umuntu Eyedwa Ehlala Edakwa Kakhulu Ephathini Yeholide Yasehhovisi?

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Uchitha unyaka wonke uhlakulela isithombe sakho ekufikeni komsebenzi ngesikhathi, ulungiselela imihlangano, wenziwa kahle. Ngemuva kwalokho, wonke lowo mzamo uyenziwa ngemuva kokuphuza izingilazi ezimbili ze-champagne, lapho ngephutha utshela umphathi wakho ukuthi uyamthanda lowo mfana ku-IT. Iningi lanoma ngubani othole imali yokukhokha ine-anecdote ngomuntu osebenza naye oye kude kakhulu ephathini leholide lehhovisi. Ngakho-ke yini eyenza le fête ibe yisixobo sempuphu?

Yebo, utshwala buyehlisa ukuzithiba kwakho. Kepha kuyakuguqula lokho oyikho ngempela, noma kumane kuveze owangempela? UGeorge Koob, Ph.D, umqondisi weNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, uchithe umsebenzi wakhe ecwaninga ukuthi utshwala buzithinta kanjani izinhlelo zethu zemizwa-futhi unokukhanya angakuveza ukuthi kungani lowo msizi oyedwa wokuphatha engowokuqala ukudansa ithebula liyeza December. (Futhi le infographic ikhombisa I-The Body-Altering Affects of Alcohol.)

"Utshwala budala ukuthi bungakwazi ukuzithiba, yingakho abantu bebuthanda emaphathini e-cocktail," kusho uKoob. "Kukhulula ulimi, kunciphisa ukukhathazeka emphakathini. Njengoba uqhubeka uphuza, lokho kuvinjelwa kukhula kakhulu." Leyo yingxenye emnandi yokuphuza eduze kwabantu osebenza nabo: Kungazelelwe unokuthile ongakusho kulowo wesifazane oseminyakeni ephakathi nendawo ku-accounting.

Ngasikhathi sinye, ihhovisi lakho mhlawumbe liyindawo empilweni yakho lapho kufanele ugcine khona imizwa yakho ngokuqinile. Ngakho engeza isibhamu esisodwa se-tequila, futhi imingcele yakho iqala ukuncibilika. "Uyisibopho esingokomzwelo, sikubiza," kusho uKoob. Uma usudlulile ekuphuzeni okusesilinganisweni nasekuphuzeni ngokweqile-ngakho-ke, cishe iziphuzo ezimbili ngehora kowesifazane-"awusenawo amandla okulawula imizwa yakho."

Ukuntuleka kwesihlungi esingokomzwelo, hlola. Futhi uma ususendaweni yokuzitika, ukuthatheka kwakho nakho kuyathinteka. Ngakho-ke mhlawumbe into obulokhu uzizwa ngamandla ngayo iphuma emlonyeni wakho, njengokuthi ukhononda ngokunye okucasulayo komphathi wakho ngokushesha nje lapho ephuma egumbini. Eshu!

Ungayisola ngotshwala, ku-la Jamie Foxx ingoma cishe ngo-2009, kepha futhi ungazibuza ukuthi ngabe utshwala empeleni buveza yini ukuthi inhlebo isho ukuthini ukuthi amantombazane osebenza nabo ayini ngempela. Uma kukhulunywa ngokuthola ukuthi kungani ungumuntu odakiwe kabi uma uqhathanisa nomuntu odlubulundayo, "akunasayensi eningi ezungezile," kuvuma uKoob. (Kodwa ungahle uthande ukuxubanisa izinhlobo ezine zobuntu bokudakwa, ngokweSayensi.) Umuntu obonakala emuhle othuka ngokuzumayo lapho ephuza angahle abe engcwaba leyo ntukuthelo nomunyu ngaphansi kobuso. Ukuphuza utshwala okumbalwa esimweni esingajwayelekile-njengomshini wamakhophi-kungahle kwanele ukuqhuma lolo hlangothi lothile.

Yebo, inyanga kaZibandlela ivame ukuba ingxenye eyinhloko yenkinga futhi. "Amaholide ngokuvamile ayisikhathi sesikhathi sokuthinteka ngokomzwelo," kusho uKoob. "Abantu abaningi bayazithokozela, kepha baletha izinkumbulo ezindala. Abantu bayaphuza ukuqeda lezo zinkumbulo ezibuhlungu."

Ngakho-ke ungase ufune ukuthethelela osebenza nabo (noma, ukukhwehlela, amalungu omndeni) uma bethola i-snippy encane eduze kwesitsha se-punch. Futhi uma ufuna ukugwema ukulahlekelwa ukulawula izimiso zakho zemizwa, landela imithetho oyifunde ekilasini lezempilo lasekolishi, njengokuphuza ingilazi yamanzi nayo yonke i-cocktail nokudla okwanele. Ngaleyo ndlela, uzokujabulela iphathi-ngaphandle kokuthi kube nguwe wonke umuntu ahlebela unyaka omusha.

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