I think I'm probably the opposite of a teetotaler -- especially
since, other than a 4 month period when I was trying to 'impress a
chick', I NEVER drink Tea -- and I drink beer pretty much every day,
but hardly ever before 7 o'clock on a week night, usually about 2 or
3 on the weekend -- that work thing gets in the way during the week.
I stay up til 1 or 2 pretty much every night and get up at between 6
and 8 depending on how ambitious I'm feeling. "Hangovers" per se
aren't a problem and I hardly ever get stinking drunk -- I think
maybe once in the last 6 months have I been drunk. I'm what Irene
would probably call a 'functional alcoholic' -- she's always casting
aspersions -- but if necessary, let's say I'm going on a trip or I
have a business meeting early the next morning, I simply don't drink
the night before. Sometimes, I go weeks without having anything to
drink. It all depends on how busy I am. Like Eric, if I need energy
the next day, I have to take it easy, but like Mike, if I need energy
"now", I drink more. I do the same with smoking. Go days and days
without thinking about it, then I'll go out to a party and polish off
a whole pack with friends. All things in moderation. All things in
toleration. Why should we abstain from anything really. I'll try
anything twice. For things that are not acutely dangerous, I simply
don't understand the harm in indulging in them occasionally. My
father has never had a drop in his life. Like Lawrence, he doesn't
like the idea of not being in control of his faculties. I like the
vacation. It's too damn much responsibility to be responsible.
certainly NOT a teetotaler,
paul
_________________ [insert pithy quote here] Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Leamington, ON. Canada
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