When you see your family drinking

It's your typical family fest.

You sit there, old but not old enough to chill with the elder- young but not young enough to chill with the youth

So you just sit there, wait and observe.

12 year old boy nipping on daddys beer.

Daddy already drunk.

Till now, everything is fine, till now everybody is just tipsy.

Till now, you enjoy the buzz but you know

2 hours later:

Everyone who drinks, is drunk.

Old stories are told- intended to be funny but the hurt no one ever talks about comes up.

Fun, Hurt, Hatred.

Laughing, Crying, Yelling.

Alcohol doesn't bring out the truth- it intensifies the emotions.

You stare at your glas of white wine. A viscous liquid, with a golden sparkle and almost honey like colour.

And you don't drink. Because your family is destroyed by C2H5OH and not by a real issue.

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