So last Sat night as I’m walking to 900 Wall for dinner this old guy jazz duo (one alto sax and one guitar) were playing Girl from Impanema and I yelled out Stan Getz ! Mrs Snow was embarrassed.
I don't drink because I come from a family of alcoholics and I have seen firsthand the destruction it's brought in their lives.
Ergo I don't drink because I don't trust myself.
50% of may grandparents were alcoholics - albeit functional ones.
I trust myself to never go full blown alcoholic. I don't trust myself to not throw back 3 - 4 cold ones on the porch every sunny summer day (there are a lot of them).
I don't drink because I come from a family of alcoholics and I have seen firsthand the destruction it's brought in their lives.
Ergo I don't drink because I don't trust myself.
My dad was a highly functioning alcoholic like a lot of WW2 vets. I didn't even realize it until I was a teenager. Drinking and dinner parties and playing bridge were staples of the 60s in our house
He wasn't mean he was withdrawn
In my 20s I was a problem drinker. And mean. I moderated.
I don't drink because I come from a family of alcoholics and I have seen firsthand the destruction it's brought in their lives.
Ergo I don't drink because I don't trust myself.
My dad was a highly functioning alcoholic like a lot of WW2 vets. I didn't even realize it until I was a teenager. Drinking and dinner parties and playing bridge were staples of the 60s in our house
He wasn't mean he was withdrawn
In my 20s I was a problem drinker. And mean. I moderated.
I don't drink because I come from a family of alcoholics and I have seen firsthand the destruction it's brought in their lives.
Ergo I don't drink because I don't trust myself.
My dad was a highly functioning alcoholic like a lot of WW2 vets. I didn't even realize it until I was a teenager. Drinking and dinner parties and playing bridge were staples of the 60s in our house
He wasn't mean he was withdrawn
In my 20s I was a problem drinker. And mean. I moderated.
For some people, moderation is a better course of action vs total abstention.
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Ergo I don't drink because I don't trust myself.
I trust myself to never go full blown alcoholic. I don't trust myself to not throw back 3 - 4 cold ones on the porch every sunny summer day (there are a lot of them).
It's hard; it's a process.
He wasn't mean he was withdrawn
In my 20s I was a problem drinker. And mean. I moderated.