The Adventures of MDawg (in progress)

[MDawg]

discusses starting off as a heavy drinker as early as college

Dawg, your narrative above is wrong: as stated I always got high; my drinking was never heavy til the very last couple months before I quit.

But hey, you've never let facts get in the way of your story, eh?

Speaking of grain alcohol ...

Freshman year in college: a Yankee in The South.

First mid-terms of the year.

The day before my US History exam I developed a horrible toothache: went to the dentist and he extracted four impacted wisdom teeth and gave me strong pain pills.

Back at the dorm my room mate, a guy from "the hills" rolled in with some moonshine his buddy had made and asked if I wanted some?

I did: my first "mountain dew:" he mixed / cut it with grape juice, called it "PJ."

Tasted good, I liked it and apparently drank quite a bit.

The combination of the pain pills and the strong liquor was ... profound.

I awoke the following AM in a deep fog, stumbled in wholly unprepared to take the exam (barely made it in time) but I took it.

The lack of studying coupled to the deep stupor from the booze and drugs permeated my mind to a redolent degree: it was all a haze.

A week later the prof called me into his office: he said I had the LOWEST grade in the class on the multiple choice section and the HIGHEST on the essay.

I explained what happened.

A few years later I asked him to write a recommendation so I could attend law school: not sure what he said but it worked.

Note exactly a description of take it or leave it drinking.