I’m not gonna lie: I wrote this post just so I could use that picture. A man who lives vicariously through himself? Who once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like?

Who doesn’t want to read an article about that guy?!

Unfortunately, after watching and re-watching commercials on YouTube for half an hour (you can tell this has been a really productive evening for me), I finally had to be honest with myself: the guy from the Dos Equis commercial really doesn’t have too much anything to do with mind-body-spirit science.

…But, luckily, alcohol does!

Wait, I love those Dos Equis commericals as much as the next guy – but why are we talking about alcohol?

Prayers and Apples is all about the mind-body-spirit connection, and few substances have as immediate (and immense) of an effect on all three areas as alcohol. Drinking affects what you think, what you remember and how you feel about what you think and remember. It knocks you out, gives you energy and makes you sick from bouncing back and forth between the two (or maybe that’s from the room spinning?). Drinking impairs your judgement, puts you in conflict with your own beliefs and often challenges your morals.

And then other times, it’s just really, really fun.

But either way, it’s a mind-body-spirit experience.

I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun! …No seriously, I can’t remember.