You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink alcohol with you just because you rationalize that as long as you’re not imbibing alone you don’t have a serious drinking problem.
Teddy Wayne’s
Unpopular Proverbs
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Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels Kapitoil, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, and Loner.
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