They tell you they don't need alcohol, but they keep drinking. They say they can stop whenever they want, but they don't. They tell you they will only have one or two and you already know how the evening will end.
You have heard the reasons. They had a bad day. They are stressed. They are celebrating. They deserve a drink. Everyone drinks. You are making too much of it. Tomorrow will be different.
After a while, the explanations stop explaining anything.
You want to know what makes alcohol so important to them and why they keep going back to it.
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