Originally Posted by
dwtbd 
existential malaise , i don't like it , booze only added to it , one thirty year lesson I'm not going to repeat
Truer words on the matter of booze and existential malaise haven't been said, dwtbd.
I don't like it, and booze only added to it. Removing the booze doesn't remove the malaise, but booze exacerbated the hole in the soul.