No Thanks. . . I Don't Drink

THAT USED TO BE QUITE A GAG with me--"No thanks, I don't drink." It is a pity that I was not gagged more often and more effectually. But whenever I was offered a drink, I used to reply "No thanks, I don't drink"--at the same time grabbing for the glass. The laughter value of this soon wore off, but like most alcoholics, I was the last to realize it, and continued to use the statement until one day I got to thinking that I had not used it so often in the recent past. . .people were not offering drinks to me. I wondered why. Any alky who reads this knows the answer, but I did not. . .for quite a long time.