This text is about three mysterious and antique subjects:
1- The drug;
2- The drink;
3- The women.
They are grouped forces that can alter consciousness and desire. They are the classic temptations, the vehicles through which a person's inner world is tested and often, transformed.
I can’t talk about it without my family's belief. My family has a strange belief. This strange belief is in this phrase:
“In the first glass, the man drinks the wine. In the second glass, the wine drinks the wine. In the third glass, the wine drinks the man”
Yes, we will think about this great statement of my family:
“In the first glass, the man drinks the wine”:
This is the stage of conscious choice. The individual is in control. They are the subject, and the wine is the object. They are choosing to drink. This represents the initial, seemingly harmless step.
“In the second glass, the wine drinks the wine”:
This is the pivotal moment of transition. The man is no longer fully in control. The act of drinking has become automatic, a process that sustains itself. The man is becoming an observer in his own body. The wine is now acting upon itself through him. This is the point where the substance begins to take over.
“In the third glass, the wine drinks the man”:
This is the complete inversion. The man is no longer the subject; he is the object. The wine has become the active agent. It “consumes” him, his personality, and his will. He is now a vessel for the wine's effects. His identity is submerged and replaced by the persona the wine creates.
My family proverb is that it's not just about alcohol, it's a metaphor for any seductive force that starts as a choice and ends as domination:
1- The illusion of mastery: the ego's confident grasp. Sampling a drug for "curiosity", a sip of the drink to unwind, or engaging with "the women" as archetypal sirens or embodiments of desire) in a controlled, rational way;
2- A self-perpetuating cycle. When the control slips into automation. The drinker becomes a conduit, not a commander. Like a drug creeping tolerance or the way desire (for women, as a symbol of emotional/sexual entanglement) shifts from pursuit to obsession. The boundary blurs, you're no longer choosing. It chooses you;
3- Total reversal: the self is consumed, identity dissolved. This is the abyss, addiction's grip, the hangover of regret, or the fallout from unchecked lust. The man is objectified, becoming a puppet to the force.
What is the effect of the wine? Think about “The Mask”, a movie from 1994 with Jim Carey. What is “the mask”? The mask is connected with Loki. Loki is the god of cheating. Loki is a trickster energy. Loki destabilizes order. Loki reveals hidden tensions. Loki forces transformation through chaos. If you think about it: “The Mask” talks about Sigmund Freud (ID, EGO, and SUPER EGO), but the second talk is about Jung and archetypes.
If you don't understand the repression theory and shadow dynamics when you watch "The Mask", you don't understand what this movie really talks about. The movie talks about temptation, disinhibition, possession, the Shadow self, and the fragile nature of agency. The mask embodied the Shadow archetype. That hidden reservoir of traits we deny. Like aggression, charisma, and hedonism. Loki's trickster energy isn't evil, it's disruptive, forcing growth through disorder.
What powers does the mask give? The wearer's reality-bending powers are based on their suppressed personality. Think about it: suppressed personality. What happens if you become drunk or use drugs? Your suppressed personality temporarily becomes the most powerful side of you.
Consider the Mask movie through this lens: the idea that intoxication reveals the suppressed aspects of one's personality. In the film, the mask amplifies what is already inside Stanley. Similarly, alcohol and drugs disinhibit what is latent. When you use drugs or drink, this unleashes the ID: the raw, impulsive drives Freud described as buried under the ego and superego's censorship.
The synthesis is your work, think about this exercise:
- See a video about ID, EGO, and SUPER EGO;
- See a video about shadow and shadow integration;
- See movies about these themes (yes, like "The Mask");
- And ask yourself:
1- What happens when I drink?
2- What happens when I use drugs?
3- What is in my shadow?
4- If I use drugs and drink, for what woman do I send messages?
5- How is my behavior when I drink or use drugs?
6- How is my behavior with women when I drink and use drugs?
If you make these exercises, you will be able to see your internal patterns.
