<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Writing on My Journey with Alcohol</title><link>https://myjourneywithalcohol.com/articles/</link><description>Recent content in Writing on My Journey with Alcohol</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 09:09:47 -0600</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://myjourneywithalcohol.com/articles/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>My Journey with Alcohol</title><link>https://myjourneywithalcohol.com/articles/my-journey/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 09:09:47 -0600</pubDate><guid>https://myjourneywithalcohol.com/articles/my-journey/</guid><description>&lt;p>&lt;em>For my father. I wish I&amp;rsquo;d got free soon enough to come back for you.&lt;/em>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>OK, so, some new friends come over for dinner. I have cooked a nice steak. My wife pulls a bottle of red wine out of the cupboard and say, &amp;ldquo;We don&amp;rsquo;t really drink, but would you like some pinot noir with your steak?.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Uncomfortable glances between them&amp;hellip; What&amp;rsquo;s the protocol here? &amp;ldquo;Oh, you don&amp;rsquo;t drink? Do you want &lt;strong>us&lt;/strong> to not drink around you? Because we don&amp;rsquo;t drink &lt;strong>that&lt;/strong> much and we can certainly forgo booze for a &lt;strong>single meal&lt;/strong> if it&amp;rsquo;ll make you more comfortable.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>