If It Feels Good . . .

THE CONCEPT of "being good to yourself" is likely to get so tangled up with rationalizations that it turns out to be in reality "self-indulgence." I can see and even express clearly the connection between my abuse of alcohol and my application of the currently popular slogan "If it feels good, do it." For years, a high degree of intoxication and the liberation of impulses that accompanied it felt so good to me that I was willing to pay the price in hangovers and social embarrassments. In pursuing happiness with the assistance of alcohol, I developed a surprising, and previously uncharacteristic, attitude--utter disregard for the welfare and convenience of other people.