It gives you a negative feeling inside and makes you feel bad for these individuals. ... " The more Mark went on with his story, the more I felt bad for him and hopes that he receives the best treatment to help kick his addiction. ... He was just not having the best of luck but what could he expect, everything was going to support his drug habit. ...
Dreams or Cocktails? Most people dream of being doctors, teachers, lawyers or veterinarians when they grow up. No one says, "I think I'll be an alcoholic when I grow up-. So why do some people give up their dreams and become hopeless alcoholics. What kind of person makes a choice to put alcoh...
With this conversation La Guma shows that when Uncle Doughty's luck started to change, so did his attitude. ... He felt that the old man's problems weren't even as close to being as bad as his and he deserved the bottle of alcohol more than Uncle Doughty: "'The old man tried to get up and Michael Adonis said, 'Take your effing port,' and struck out at the boney, blotched, sprouting skull, holding the bottle by the neck so that the wine splashed over his hand. ...
