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Charlotte K's avatar

At times like these, I always remember this quote (which I first saw in an Oliver Burkeman essay in The Guardian): "No pleasure," Kingsley Amis said, "is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare."

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Jeffrey Cosloy's avatar

I was forced to give up

my three beer a day habit plus whiskeys on some nights. The immediate rewards in physical health and mental clarity are impressive. The harridans that come after your sanity are also impressive. The stuff alcohol suppressed will have to be dealt with.

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