You never know: they might.
Why don't I drink alcohol?
1: I don't want to.
2: Deliberately ingesting an addictive, mood-altering substance for non-medicinal purposes is stupid.
3: I was raised Mormon.
4: No one in my family drinks.
5: Except for my great-great-grandfather. (Now dead.) (Unless he's a zombie, but no one ever mentions that kind of detail at family reunions.)
6: He beat his wife.
7: His son became a prohibition agent and broke up the illegal stills his father and brothers had hidden in the woods.
8: My great-great-grandfather and his other sons were so angry they tried to kill him.
9: He had to flee for his life and change his name. His own wife refused to come with him. He left everything behind.
10: That man was my great-grandfather.
11: Why would I ever drink?
12: Why would you?
13: Why don't I have something better to talk about on a Saturday afternoon?
14: I'm going to go write something now.
1 comment:
Your mom just told me that story the other day. So fascinating! I see you come by your strength of character honestly. (:
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