>I have no idea where this is going, since I'm drunk now. Just like last year, I had no plan to drink when I got up.
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>I hate to ask a stupid question, but why do you keep alcohol in the house? I have a weight problem - I am always on a diet. But I have a real weakness for ice cream. That is why I never have it in the house. The temptation would be too great. Seems to me that by keeping alcohol in the house, you are just setting yourself up to fail.

I tried telling him a long time ago:

Step 1. Don't buy liquor.

Didn't work.