Don’t Shoot the Messenger

At what point does a cucumber become a pickle? Once you are a pickle, you are pickled. Try as you might, there is nothing you can do to return a pickle to its native state. You would have better luck trying to get chewed bubble gum back to its original form than to transform a pickle into a cucumber. Come to think of it, trying to fit into the same blue jeans I wore in high school could have the same result. It’s not going to happen!

Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m not an alcoholic; I just drink a little often.” At what point does a casual social drinker become a drunk? That’s easy, after one drink too many. It’s not worth the risk in my book. Once you’re an alcoholic, you are always an alcoholic.
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