Does the Bible say drinking alcohol is a sin or just the drunkenness of over indulgence?
Let's hear your thoughts.

What I've seen is some have zero tolerance for alcohol but this is not what I read in scripture.
Anything in excess can be sin.
Gluttony is sin, yet we need to eat to sustain life.

What is the difference in gluttony to food as drunkenness to a drink?

Here are a few verses pertaining to drinking.

Leviticus:
10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
10:9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Proverbs:
20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Titus:
2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

I Timothy:
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Just by these verses, I conclude that drinking isn't a sin, but being given to the drink, which is drunkeness, is where sin occurs. This is jmho on how I interpret the Word here. I don't see a drink of wine being a sin, just when it is consumed in enough quantity, causing one to become disoriented from their faculties, would I consider it a sin.

I have been delivered from this sin. I still have an urge for a beer every now and again, and sometimes I will have that beer, or part of one anyway, but the Lord has answered my prayers for deliverance from this sin I was once bound to, and I thank Him for it!

Here's my $0.02:

At what point do you cross from sober to buzzed to drunk? Let's face it, if you drink alcohol you are drinking it to feel the effects. Otherwise you would drink tea.

If you are trying to live as a Christian for Christ, and you have to try to justify something so you can do it, you probably shouldn't do it.

Christians are called to be different. There is not a doubt in my mind it ruins your witness. If you are having a drink with me on Saturday, don't try to lead me to Christ on Sunday.

I will never believe Jesus served alcohol, and if you take the scripture back to the original language there are different words for wine (fruit juice) and wine (alchoholic), but some folks want to convince themselves that Jesus was the first bartender to justify their drinking.

I drink beer. I am not living what I just posted. But I am also not deluding myself that I am living for Christ while doing what the world does. When I decide to live for Christ, I will not live like the unsaved. In my mind, you can't do both.

Bash away!