Red Wine Paradox
Jerry "can you get me some wine on our way?"
Tom "it's nine o'clock in the morning. Don't you want to wait until the weekend so we can drink together? Or you want to drink by yourself :("
Jerry "Okay i'll wait until the weekend. It will be more fun that way. I don't know what's wrong with me nowadays, I wake up craving alcohol. I never used to be like this"
Tom "shoot! I've noticed craving it in the mornings too. Last weekend I had to sneak it so my kids couldn't see it. I even figured out that if I put it in the bottle of cherry coke, no one will find out since my kids don't care for cherry coke"
Jerry "this is bad. We need to stop. The only thing that has been stopping me from drinking everyday is that I have so much shame going to a liquor store. I always feel guilty. Am always afraid I may run into one of my church friends on my way out. I feel like I also need it to sleep"
Tom "now that's really bad!. I remember after my breakup getting to my fridge in the middle of the night to get some captain morgan since I couldn't sleep. I remember thinking to myself that this is getting out of control and I poured the whole bottle in the sink. I feel bad that I introduced you to wine.
You have a genetic predisposition to alcoholism and I have an addictive personality. My uncle died of alcoholism"
Jerry "my uncle did too. I come from a family of alcoholics. So......maybe we can just drink once a month..."
Tom "that sounds like a good idea. I always come up with a reason like, if I drink like the French do, I can lose some weight. I may even be more happy. But I agree with you, we need to put a limit."
Playing cat and mouse games with alcohol
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