[Redway]

Corrie seems to have a slew of yuppie professionals getting half-cut at lunch at the minute. A symptom of how overly normalised alcohol is in our culture, no-doubt. If someone had to nip out for half a spliff (maybe not a squirt of CBG oil) at lunchtime to help them think, they’d risk being called a stoner and getting an unnecessary reputation. But because it’s alcohol (a much more destructive and unhealthy drug), it’s acceptable, even encouraged, to go for a pint or a large white wine on your lunch-break to ‘help you concentrate.’ Not good.

Alcohol doesn’t even give pure euphoria. Spiritually, introspectively and as far as more nuanced feelings and deep thought go, it’s as bereft as a substance can get, if we’re being honest. And, again, I’ve been sacked for drinking heavily on the job, so part of me’s already a little biased against the practice at this point, now I’ve taken the time to really think it through, what drinking like a fish was adding to my life beyond the need for a bigger overdraft, even when I was earning properly good money.