[PowderMonkey]

"It's inauthentic -- it's not who I am. I didn't drink for 12 years and, man, that first one [drink], Dan. Wow."

That was a common refrain among the stoners and "heads" of my generation. You're under the influence 24/7, so chemically dependent, it becomes your reality. Flip it, and "wow, man!" "Been down so long, don't know which way is up, man!" Charlie, you've had your 2-minute warning. You've lost your wife, job, and now your fortune to Hollywood hookers. Next stop is the county morgue, slathered in your own vomit. There's authenticity for ya'.

[CJ Wolf]

He will likely live to 98 and be wasted most the time.