Alcohol is no solace.

[elfs]

At the beginning of this year, I made a New Year's resolution to drink more alcohol and less soda pop. I've cut down on the soda pop, but in an effort to balance things out I've also worked on increasing my appreciation for alcohol. In the past five years, I've learned to like wine, and this past year I've developed a taste for beer, and this summer I put some money into buying some agave tequila and Cointreau and making margaritas, which is the official drink of Floridians and Floridian expats everywhere.

As I've gotten older I've developed a tolerance for alcohol: Omaha will tell you that when we were younger, one glass of wine would put me out. Nowadays, I barely notice one glass of wine, or one bottle of beer, or one two-ounce cocktail. At all.

And I find that I'm not willing to do any more than that. I read a blog, I can't recall where, in which the writer said he spent an entire month without drinking at all to see what it was like, and he discovered that it was like being in a room with himself all the time, and he learned that, while he generally had high self-esteem, even he couldn't stand himself that much.

Well, even though the job search has been rough on me, I guess I don't get that solace. I get my one glass of whatever a day-- it raises my "good" cholesterol, and has other benefits-- but I still have to live with myself day in and day out. I'd apparently make a poor alcoholic. My drugs of choice these days are coffee and information.

Still, extra thanks to Rachel Maddow for teaching us all how to mix a drink, as well as being very clear as to what, exactly, constitutes a lime: "If your lime juice comes in plastic, it's not real."

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Ballistic standards, Rachel? Are you one of those crazy gun-totin' liberals?

I *knew* I liked that woman.

[alienor77310.livejournal.com]

"he discovered that it was like being in a room with himself all the time, and he learned that, while he generally had high self-esteem, even he couldn't stand himself that much."

*blinks* That's when/why I listen to music or talk radio. Cheaper and ultimately easier on your liver (depending on the channel, of course).

[(Anonymous)]

I would *much* rather be alone in a room with myself, than with most talk radio hosts!

[alienor77310.livejournal.com]

For me, that means mostly France Inter and France Culture, plus podcasts from BBB Radio 4 and assorted news sources. Rather palatable.