Measure for measure

[aadler]

 
Today I drank poison. I felt the effects almost immediately, but it wasn’t quite enough, so I gave myself another dose.

My poison of choice is a C2H5OH distillate in 40% solution, mixed with diet cola. Sometimes I’ll go with an alternative, a more dilute version — 6.5% — with Bloody Mary mix.

Why, yes, all alcohols are poisons. Ethanol just happens to be the form our bodies can metabolize faster than the lethal effects. So, when we drink, what we are enjoying is the symptoms of that particular poison not-quite-killing us.

And, on that note, I believe I’ll pour just one more.

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Cheers!


Gabrielle

[aadler]

It does have that effect, yes.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

*raises a glass*

[aadler]

That is, indeed, how it’s done.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Bad day?

[aadler]

Why, no. I generally poison myself two or three times a week.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Dude, don't scare me like that. I'm not bright enough to figure out "oh he can't be dying or dead because he wouldn't be posting about it" that quickly.

[aadler]

I have an offbeat sense of humor, but I’m not depressed and I’ll never be suicidal, it just doesn’t make sense to me.

I do enjoy that particular form of skirting at the edges, however. Close as I ever particularly want to get.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a drinker myself.

[aadler]

Nor I, really; a six-pack will generally last me a week, and the vodka in the freezer is more occasional diversion than steady recreation. On those occasions, though, it’s nice.