[lambdaba]

> For someone who drinks to cope this includes blocking out the very thought that they ARE drinking to cope

From Saint-Exupery's Little Prince:

“Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked.

- In order to forget - replied the drunkard.

- To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.

- To forget that I am ashamed - the drunkard confessed, hanging his head.

- Ashamed of what? - asked the little prince who wanted to help him.

- Ashamed of drinking! - concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence.

[rektide]

nice quote. it's funny & appropriate. at the same time though i think the surface level tale hides the likelier realer truth.

the drunk isnt just ashamed of his drunkenness, he's ashamed he's not something else entirely, ashamed for all the wishes & dreams he's not. a realler life has past the drunkard by.

to borrow a random quote found a couple comments away, from a german band Die Toten Hosen, "no alcohol is no solution either".