What a great thread... Early days for me to laugh at the AV, but as I was walking to work I had a recollection of the last time I gave up and tried the AA route about 5 years ago. Obviously I couldn't identify it as the AV at the time, but it was there, loud and clear..
- "What ya gonna do on your birthday?"
- "Christmas? You need port to make cranberry sauce - then you'll just have to drink the rest of the bottle - can't waste it"
- "Chicken without white wine, ridiculous?"
- "Steak without red, well it just wouldn't be the same would it?"
- "You can't make a meat pasta sauce without red wine..."
I do all the cooking at home it's a big pastime of mine but generally involved drinking too... Anyway, I know these are all pretty I common reactions but looking back the food ones in particular are so laughable.
At least now I'm looking back and I realize - it actually stopped being about enjoying a drink a very long time ago. Can't enjoy something that you basically slug back seeking some sort of sensation.
Anyway, I may not be laughing, but I am smiling a bit... Nothing coherent from it yet this time around, lots of white noise though.