We drank for joy,
And became miserable.
We drank for sociability,
And became argumentative.
We drank for sophistication,
And became obnoxious.
We drank for friendship,
And made enemies.
We drank for sleep,
And awakened exhausted.
We drank for strength,
And became weak.
We drank to feel exhilarated,
And ended up depressed.
We drank for medicinal purposes,
And ended up with health problems.
We drank to get calm,
And ended up with the shakes.
We drank for confidence,
And became afraid.
We drank to make conversation flow more easily,
And the words came out slurred and incoherent.
We drank to diminish our problems,
And saw they multiply.
We drank to feel heavenly,
And ended up feeling like hell.
We drank to cope with life,
And invited death.

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