He tried to get drunk, “to forget about life for awhile, ” as that old Billy Joel song once said, but the scotch couldn't anesthetize his painand provide a retreat from the reality of his latest failures.

Keith Steinbaum
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When Nelson Mandela said, “He tried to get drunk, “to forget about life for awhile,” as that oldBilly Joel song once said, but the scotch couldn't anesthetize his painand provide a retreat from the reality of his latest failures. He's met with setbacks time after time, but somehow he has managed to persevere. He wants to rest, but he keeps getting dragged back into the fray. He wants to let go of his troubles, but they keep on coming back to haunt him.

He is at the end of his rope and doesn't know what else to do. He's given up on life and doesn't know what else to do.

Source: The Poe Consequence

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