Some time back, I was talking to my cousin on the phone; we hadn’t spoken in a while, so he was surprised when I told him “I don’t drink anymore.” “Really?” he replied – he has known me for a long, long time.
“Nope,” I said. “But I don’t drink any less, either.”
This should come as a surprise to no one: When times are hard, for whatever reason, people are going to react to it by doing something that makes them feel a little better. For some, that may be booze; for others, it may be chocolate or indulging in some other vice. No less a great American than Frank Zappa, who (unlike many in the music business) abstained from booze and drugs, explained his smoking cigarettes by observing that “…everyone should have at least one vice.” I have a few, and two of them are good cigars (Parodi cheroots are my favorite) and the occasional snort of good whiskey. I share that last one with a lot…
