Drink! a Different Kind of Anthem for Alcohol
A look at They Might Be Giants' song about the person who has a problem with drinking. And the very personal memories where alcohol deteriorated my childhood view of the people around me.
One year on Christmas Eve, my uncle Ron was in a mood that seemed much happier than one simply driven by the Christmas Spirit and company of his extended family. Even at the tender age of nine years old, I knew this meant uncle Ron had been drinking.
The other clue that he’d managed to drink alcohol d…
