All About Alcohol: Drunkenness, Underage Drinking, and Whisky for Teething Babies

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🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Josh answers questions all about drinking alcohol including: Do I need to go to confession after drinking? Is it OK to drink underage? What if I get drunk without intending to? Is that old wives tale of rubbing whiskey on a teething baby’s gums safe?

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Snippet from the Show
“Scripture gives witness to the fact that drinking can be a good thing, but getting drunk is not a good thing.”

SHOWNOTES

Glory Story (1:35)
Fr. Josh flew up to Ascension for a filming of a new product! Stay tuned for more information! He was also able to visit with FOCUS and attended a Steubenville South Youth Conference where fifteen years ago Fr. Josh had his conversion.

Listener Feedback (5:44)

Drunkenness (8:08)
What is the actual Catholic definition of being drunk? How do I know when I have passed the point of drinking too much? When would I need to go to Confession after drinking?
-Brad

Underage Drinking (16:34)
Whats up Fr. Josh!? I've been so blessed by your podcasts. Please know I've been praying for you. I have a question about underage drinking...I'm 19 and my older brother is 25. He lets me drink when I'm hanging out at his place with all his friends. But I know it’s still against the law. I'm not purposefully getting drunk...I mean we mostly sit and talk about life, our relationships, and sometimes even theology and how to become better men. Am I doing something wrong? Or is it OK for me to keep drinking with them?
-Gregory C

Accidentally Getting Drunk (23:10)
So I'm a mom of three and I never have the chance to go out with my girlfriends. Last weekend my two best friends and I were able to go out on a Friday night (thanks to our amazing husbands) and got a few drinks. Well........I must be from the stone ages (or maybe I just forgot to eat after feeding my kids ), but after my first drink I ordered what I thought would be a lighter mixed drink (just enough to keep loosening up you know?) but I ended up ordering something really strong and got drunk. My friends drove me home and my husband was really understanding, but I feel really guilty. Is that a mortal sin? Or because I didn't mean for that to happen could it be more of a venial sin?
-Cassandra

Whisky for Teething Children (29:46)
Can I rub whisky on my toddler's gums to help him with teething? I'm running out of ideas, HELP!!

-Marisa

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh, the podcast why I get to listen to your questions,
0:04.3	pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you and you
0:07.8	walk toward eternity helpful and you become insane.
0:11.0	I really would like to encourage you to rate us and review us on iTunes and other podcast
0:15.2	formats so that other people can find out about the show.
0:17.8	If it's a gift for you then potentially it could become a gift for them as well.
0:21.6	And hit me up with your own questions, critiques, comments from today's episode and future episodes.
0:27.0	And ask father Josh at ascensionpress.com.
0:31.7	Now check this out, I'm super excited because today is going to be my first ever themed
0:36.3	show.
0:37.3	But today I'll be talking about alcohol, everything alcohol will be the entire show.
0:43.9	So if you like this kind of themed style of show, let me know.
0:46.9	email me and ask father Josh at ascensionpress.com and give me suggestions on how to make it
0:51.9	better.
0:52.9	And let me know what future themes you would like from me to discuss what kind of questions
0:57.3	you might have that can be addressed in a themed show.
1:00.2	So for this first ever themed show on alcohol, we are going to be discussing the following.
1:06.6	Number one is getting drunk a sin.
1:09.5	Number two underage drinking.
1:12.0	Is it cool?
1:13.0	Number three, what happens whenever I get unintentionally drunk?
1:16.8	And number four is it okay to give whiskey to my baby when my baby's teeth and crying
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