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[BikerDude]

I'm confined to the oat soda's now.
The hard stuff has bad results.
The last time I drank bourbon to excess I got into a fight in the street with 2 guys, which was witnessed by the cops and then got a DUI as well as assault and disorderly (Both those got dropped) and then got shit canned from my job the next day.
What a wonderful night.
That was followed by 6 months of unemployment and fighting the bank to keep our house etc etc...
Needless to say I'm a reformed drinker of hard liquor.
But the bourbon still calls may name despite all that.
I am allowed a bottle for the holidays.
To be rationed out by the wife. Hey I can't complain.
I have an excellent paying job now and we kept our house.
I can at least keep my vises to a manageable level I guess.

[andy]

But the bourbon still calls may name despite all that.
I am allowed a bottle for the holidays.
To be rationed out by the wife. Hey I can't complain.

I find it easy to exercise restraint when everything in my tiny bar is top-shelf or collectible. When I spring for something nice like Pappy's or if I manage to hunt down a Stagg, I can make a bottle last at least a year.

Cheap, smooth whiskey is just asking for trouble.