A member of Alcoholics Anonymous once sent columnist Ann Landers the following:

• We drank for happiness and became unhappy.
• We drank for joy and became miserable.
• We drank for sociability and became argumentative.
• We drank for sophistication and became obnoxious.
• We drank for friendship and made enemies.
• We drank for sleep and awakened without rest.
• We drank for strength and felt weak.
• We drank "medicinally" and acquired health problems.
• We drank for relaxation and got the shakes.
• We drank for bravery and became afraid.
• We drank for confidence and became doubtful.
• We drank to make conversation easier and slurred our speech.
• We drank to feel heavenly and ended up feeling like hell.
• We drank to forget and were forever haunted.
• We drank for freedom and became slaves.
• We drank to erase problems and saw them multiply.
• We drank to cope with life and invited death.