Day drinking with a broken heart
is like selling loose Cuban cigars like Newports,
tryna leave the country without passports,
and putting yourself in a situation you can’t handle.

The hotel bar was quiet and dark, with the kind of mood that promotes good talk and serious drinking.

A woman drove me to drink. I don't drink and drive.

it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance

I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.

Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.