Illustration: by Margalit Cutler
“I’ve an abundance mind-set. (That is my self-elevating manner of admitting that I’m grasping. Once I was a child, my father used to admiringly watch me eat, then name me, with all the love on this planet, a ‘greedbucket.’ I usually marvel what he would’ve stated if he’d survived to see me drink.) Earlier this yr, I made a decision I most likely drink an excessive amount of, and I’m hoping to determine what that ought to imply: some recourse to guidelines — solely on weekends, solely when out with pals, and many others. — or teetotaling altogether, which, like all demanding adventures, sounds kind of enjoyable but additionally insane. By nature, I eat and drink to have fun, to mourn, to reward myself, and typically, positive, to push back undesirable ideas.”