Social Drinking or Not, Who is Having the Most Fun?
us. The bottles probably cost more than the wine; the cans a lot more than the beer. Still, even folks who can barely scrape by on Government benefits spend at least half of it on alcohol, as far as I can see it. In the past I’ve tried hard to become a drinker. I have tried everything to get that all desired “rush”. But also it looked so sophisticated, having a wine glass with something or the other in your hands at parties. I visioned myself as a real “connoisseur” in the future, knowledgeable in the complicated field of wine-labels. Preferably I would even know the vineyards, and have brilliant conversations about that. How I stayed at so and so vineyard, did a bit of wine- tasting, nibbling on cheese and crackers. Walking around these dew covered grapes, knowing all about it. But years ago my vision came to an abrupt halt. In Crete I became properly intoxicated and fell asleep, only to be woken up in the hotel room the next morning without properly remembering how I got there. When
