“Basking in the inescapable pain of a terrible hangover with far too many blank spots of the night before, I made a decision to not drink again - ever. But two days later a drink seemed like a good idea…”
Good character going bad is like a beast escaping its cage; it will be hard to capture it again!
— Israelmore Ayivor
Fear sobered me for a bit. Then came the insidious insanity of that first drink, and on Armistice Day 1934, I was off again. Everyone became resigned to the certainty that I would have to be shut up somewhere or would stumble along to a miserable end.
— Page 8 Alcoholics Anonymous
