On: Scotch Whisky and Head Colds – D.T. Pennington
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On: Scotch Whisky and Head Colds – D.T. Pennington
It’s difficult to read the label from inside the bottle, and
when he was nine and that he had his first taste of alcohol that night because his father forced him to drink whiskey, thinking it would make him forget what he’d seen. Hearing a story like that made me ashamed of how little I had had to survive and how much pain I’d derived from so much less actual trauma. What was I gonna say when the group got t
... See moreThere were no roughnecks here. These people knew what whiskies were good, what wine was “the thing” with this food, that food, what places to go, how to dance, how to smoke, how much stress to put on love, how to dress, when to curse, and did not indulge (for the most part) in homosexuality but could discuss it without eagerness, distaste, curiosit
... See moreThis trip I had a box of Seattle smoked salmon, a growler of Rachel’s Ginger Beer, and a package of MarketSpice cinnamon-orange tea—my favorite.
That was probably my number one reason for drinking—being stuck in a crowded room, with all the noise and the laughing, where everyone could see me.