Il potere del gin

Gin makes some people gay–it makes them laugh and cry–but with my sister it only made her sullen and withdrawn. When she was drinking she would retreat in to herself. Drink made her contrary. If I’d say the weather was fine, she’d tell me it was wrong If I’d say it was raining, she’d say it was clearing. She’d correct me about everything I said, however small it was. She died in Bellvue Hospital one summer when I was working in Maine. She was the only family I had.

John Cheever, Sorrows of Gin

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