Alcohol's been keeping depression alive and well for over ten thousand years.
Sure, genetics do play a role in alcoholism. You're more likely to be an alcoholic if one or both of your parents are also alcoholics. But that's just one part of the equation; the other part is your...
(n.) A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.
When people view their lives as insignificant, they escape using pleasure.
Alcohol has its own well-know defects as a medication for depression but no one has ever suggested - ask any doctor - that it is not the most effective anti-anxiety agent yet known.
But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.
Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism it's egotism.
I had this great idea: I should get a job. Freelancing came with freedom, but maybe what I required was a cage.