The Bible says that all things are lawful but not all things are beneficial. Is drinking alcohol beneficial?
Here is my stance. I don't drink because I don't want to and I don't need to. Most people say they drink to unwind and relax. Honestly, I relax best when I just sit with my Savior and talk or worship or be silent. I don't need something like alcohol to remove my stress of the day. I'm a Christian and I have Christ. If He isn't the answer to all things in my life, what does that say to the world?
My other thought is this: Let's say that you can, in fact, have one beer or one glass of wine or one shot or whatever and be satisfied. Now, let's say that an alcoholic gets saved and is gloriously delivered from his/her addiction to alcohol, to the point where they are not even tempted. Yet, one day, they are in a restaurant either dining with you or at a nearby table and they witness you partaking in alcohol. Not getting drunk, just having one drink. They think, "Hmmm, he can drink, so can I." and thus they enter back into bondage. Now, one isn't supposed to base their walk on another's but let's face it, that is what we do, especially the newly saved. They are seeking guidance as to what it means to live a Christ-centered life.
Though the Scripture refers to something else, I look at this as causing a young one to stumble as, without harmful intent or purpose, you have officially led them back into bondage and alcohol addiction by indulging in your one drink. Just something to think about.
Why do you drink? Why do you want alcohol at all? I believe there is a reason to be sought out there.
A man was an alcoholic and was delivered and he changed his ways. At work, the men would tease him and taunt him and test him because he was cleaned by Christ and his talk and walk and attitudes and life changed. One day, they asked him, "Do you believe Jesus turned water into wine?" as a way of getting him to admit that drinking alcohol was okay because Jesus Himself did so. The man replied, "I do believe He turned water into wine. I wasn't there. But I will tell you this. In my house, He turned alcohol into furniture."
Shalom ve Ahava!