>>>> Its just that the alcohol cuts down some of the tree preventing you to see the forest.
>>Yes, that might be the case, but it does more than that.
>>During the 1970's before the 2 martini lunch went out of fashion, the second martini was called "loudmouth soup."
>>By the end of the meal the decibel level at the table was deafening.
>>Now I can enjoy a beer or a glass of wine, but for health reasons I once gave up booze entirely for about 20 years.
>>At the golf club I played, it was customary to have a couple of drinks after a round so after giving up booze, I drank club soda.
>>It was awful.
>>I can attest to this with certainty.. there is nothing more painfully boring than being the only sober person in a group.
>>After a couple of pops, the nonsense that these otherwise-intelligent people spewed out was absurd and they thought that it was profound.
>>After a few episodes like that, I decided to excuse myself after the round and go home without stopping at the table.
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>Since I drove the small land mass masquerading as a car (a 1970 Bonneville), I somehow always got roped into driving when friends and I would go out. Got a LOT of free CocaCola and OJ that way.
>It was during this period that I discovered I didn't tolerate fools, idiots or drunks well.
>It was during this period that my friends discovered they didn't want to get
that drunk around me. Especially after I had one of them madly calling around Harris Country trying to figure out where her (nonexistant) court hearing was. She made the mistake of saying "God I must have been drunk last night, I don't remember ANYthing!"
>Win-Win!
>(eveel smile)
You ARE evil. Of course you're not, and your guy is a very lucky guy.
I am going into rehab whenever the call comes. One of the things I think I have going for me is my love of music. Here is yet another one from perhaps the most underappreciated rock bands of all time. Lowell George was another one gone too soon. It was cancer that got him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FekVR_SC5M
