“And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.” (Proverbs 23:2)
Gluttony: An over indulgence of pleasures such as food. Third on the list, gluttony is one of the most memorable sins out of the seven. Everyone always thinks about over eating, huge amounts of food, being fat, etc. but gluttony is a sin for a deeper reason than that. Over indulgence can also be in substance abuse and behavior. Many people skip the fact that gluttony is sin for no self restraint, not being able to stop, to stop eating, to stop using, to stop buying, whatever the crime may be. Not having the will power to stop doing things can be incredibly harmful like in most cases people think about, over eating. Eating way too much can lead to obesity and health problems and often times depression. All of these things are harmful to life, same goes for a substance abuser. An example would be an eighteen year old boy (whose name shall not be mentioned) started to use drugs as an outlet for many things that were going on his life. Many people started talking to him about how he should stop and that it can get really addictive, he thought otherwise. His excuse was, “I am only smoking weed, I can quit if I want to.” Then that high was not satisfying enough so he started to use meth and people told him to quit. He found that he could not, he kept going and using and using. He hurt the people he loved and the people who loved him, he created enemies, and ultimately wound up in prison for a year. At this point in his life most people refer to it as rock bottom. He was realizing the faults in his lack of self restraint and suffering the consequences. Gluttony was created to show man that self indulgence can lead to many darker places and to remember that he is only a mortal.