LETTER: Eat, drink and be merry
I'll be at the after-party in hell
15 October 2019 - 16:24
What is this gobbledegook about more people becoming “sober curious”? How banal. If you’re an alcoholic or an addict, or you’re driving, sure, stay off the booze. The same applies to certain religions.
But now we have “mindful drinking”. What is it with people nowadays? Many have become vegans (actually an undiagnosed eating disorder), and now there’s even a movement to promote and destigmatise the consumption of nonalcoholic drinks. Sic transit gloria mundi. Come back Hunter S Thompson and William Burroughs, all is forgiven. ..
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