A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was …

Raymond Chandler
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A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can't predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you never met before. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.169, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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