change96

On a couple of posts that I have read, there is a saying at the bottom.
It goes something like I have a drink, then the drink has a drink..... Can someone reply with the whole saying.
thank you.

ReadyAndAble

I think the saying ends with drink having you.

Boy if that ain't the truth.

Good thing real life doesn't have to end that way.

debsam

"First the man takes a drink; then the drink takes a drink; then the drink takes the man"

So very true

sugarbear1

"First the man takes a drink. Then the drink takes a drink. Then the drink takes the man.” This Japanese proverb warned of the dangers of drinking too muck sake (rice wine). In 1886, the saying was made into a poem (with “Japan” rhyming with man") by Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887). The saying has been much anthologized and is still reprinted.



Edward Rowland Sill (April 29, 1841 – February 27, 1887), American poet and educator, was born in Windsor, Connecticut.

25 May 1886, Chicago (IL) Daily Tribune, pg. 4:

“At the punch bowl’s brink,
Let the thirsty think,
What they say in Japan:
First the man takes a drink,
Then the drink takes a drink,
Then the drink takes the man.”

~EDWARD R. SILL

change96

Thank you, everytime I think I want a drink I always get to the part where the drink takes a drink. That is all I need to not stop and buy alcohol. I just could not remember the end of it. Happy new year to all!

Dee74

Happy New Year Change

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