The Dope About Alcohol

 

Recently the government has advised us that even a modest amount of alcohol consumption may increase one's chances of developing cancer and contracting a host of other health problems.  

Of course this was before the CDC came to be run by a man who doesn't know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, between vaccines and vacillating about vaccines, and between his ass and his elbow.

But just prior to that time the government was newly advising us  that the Big Three causes of cancer were now Smoking, Obesity, and that up-and-comer Alcohol. It was even suggested that warning labels should be placed on bottles of your favorite alcoholic drink similar to those that appear on a pack of cigarettes.

In fact, we could combine all the warnings into one, like ..

Don't Smoke

Don't Eat

Don't Drink

Face It, Buddy, You're Fucked!

And I don't disagree with any of this.

I never smoked tobacco and I've alway been thin, but I have been known to hoist a pint or two in my day, and my day hasn't been that many days ago and those pints haven't always skidded to a stop at two.

In my early twenties I was addicted to pot (we called it dope back then), and yes, I did enjoy it but mostly I was trying to escape from those things in life that I ought never to have wanted to escape from but should have welcomed.

In my late twenties I was addicted to quaaludes, and yes, I did enjoy  them but mostly I was trying to escape from those things in life that I ought never to have wanted to escape from but should have welcomed.

In my early seventies I was addicted to alcohol, and yes, I did enjoy it but mostly I was trying to escape from Demon Regret over those things in life I escaped from that I ought never to have wanted to escape from but should have welcomed.

Whew!

You get the drift.

All of which has nothing whatsoever to do with whether alcohol or dope or quaaludes cause cancer or not. 

Maybe it's wanting to escape that ought to come with a warning label.

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