Sublime

Alcoholism, after all, is a progressive illness; it sneaks up on you so subtly, so insidiously, that you honestly don’t know you’re falling into its grip until long after the fact.

Le problème avec les gueules de bois est que nous essayons de nous comporter comme si nous n’en avions pas. Nous allons travailler au bureau, nous assistons à des réunions, nous accomplissons moult tâches et les accomplissons seuls. Évitez donc toute activité utile en cet état. Faites des choses futiles. Planifiez votre gueule de bois plutôt que d’

Some drinkers have excuses with which they are satisfied part of the time. But in their hearts they really do not know why they do it. Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot. There is the obsession that somehow, someday, they will beat the game. But they often suspect they are down for the count.

“My name is Frank, and I’m an alcoholic,

The troubled drinker’s sleight of hand—dividing your confessions among close friends but never leaving any one person doused with too much truth.

if I stopped drinking, just for a while, maybe I could get a handle on things and then I could drink again.