All y’all make it sound so simple!
I will not drink.
But if I do, I will not get drunk.
But if I do, I will not stagger.
But if I do, I will not fall.
But if I do, I will not fall face down on the keyboard to prevent blood from getting between and under the keys...
Like that?
Yah. Got it. ;o]
That goes wrong in the first step.
I won’t drink ... until I feel that I can reward myself for a day well spent.
And then I will relax, and enjoy my moment, and then I will get some rest.
Sounds lame, I admit, but it serves me well.
Tom is underage, not that this stopped Anoreth from drinking, once she was at sea.