Originally Posted by
Newatthis34 
GT; Thanks for reminding me to think about what it was that occurred to kick start my drinking that I couldn't have foreseen. The answer is pretty mundane really, a friend visited and I used it as an excuse. Nothing unforeseen at all about being in such a senario in fact fairly predictable.
Now, put into complete sentences the thoughts that were going through your head between the time the idea of having a drink with your friend came to mind and the time you actually swallowed the first gulp of dilute flavored ethanol.