Originally Posted by Hawks

And on the day that a drink becomes a necessity to function as a going human concern, the pleasure is dispensed with.

If I don't have a couple of shots to stop the shaking of my hands, I'll have to go to work today and withdraw from physical addiction to alcohol in front of the entire work place.

Then I'll be sacked, my income is lost, my family might go hungry and the bank may foreclose on the mortgage.

Would you define that as "necessity" or "pleasure"

I'm going to work half cut today because I like being at work half cut

Or

I'm going to work today half cut because if I don't, the consequences are diabolical.

If you haven't been there, you are lucky.

Might start off with the seeking of pleasure, but it progresses past that.

The fun / pleasure stops and the living hell begins.

Party time is over.

Without alcohol I'm a shaking, shivering mess and I wish to hell that wasn't the case, but it is what it is, so I drink so my life doesn't get any worse.

Where is the pleasure in that?

And down the track that morning drink won't stay down and blood appears in your vomit.

But if one doesn't stay down, it's physical withdrawal in public..... So it's keep trying till one stays down.

Pleasure, fun, hilarity?

Party party?

Sounds like an illness has taken over to me, but Ymmv.