{"id":3374,"date":"2019-07-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2019-07-07T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T22:01:26","slug":"when-we-drink-we-pay-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/when-we-drink-we-pay-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"When We Drink &#8211; We Pay the Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"When We Drink - We Pay the Price 7\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xg6tm-b70988?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xg6tm-b70988?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>I do not know a family that does not have a family member or a relative who is not an alcoholic<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><u>A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for happiness<\/em> <strong>and we became unhappy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for joy<\/em> <strong>and we became miserable.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for sociability<\/em> <strong>and we became argumentative.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for sophistication<\/em> <strong>and we became obnoxious.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank for friendship <\/em><strong>and we made enemies.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank for sleep<\/em> <strong>and we awakened without rest.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for strength<\/em> <strong>and we felt weak.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank &#8220;medicinally&#8221;<\/em> <strong>and we acquired health problems.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank for relaxation <\/em><strong>and we got the shakes.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank for bravery <\/em><strong>and we became afraid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for confidence<\/em> <strong>and we became doubtful.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank to make conversation easier<\/em> <strong>and we slurred our speech.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We drank to feel heavenly<\/em> <strong>and we ended up feeling like hell.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank to forget<\/em> <strong>and we were forever haunted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank for freedom<\/em> <strong>and we became slaves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank to erase our problems <\/em><strong>and we saw them multiply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><em>We drank to cope with life<\/em> <strong>and we invited death.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I do not know a family that does not have a family member or a relative who is not an alcoholic. A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following: We drank for happiness and we became unhappy. We drank for joy and we became miserable. We drank for sociability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured.png",100,100,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1562536796_featured-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"&nbsp; &nbsp; I do not know a family that does not have a family member or a relative who is not an alcoholic. A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following: We drank for happiness and we became unhappy. We drank for joy and we became miserable. 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