But hte cold beer can't help soothe your troubled mind when the boss is a jerk. Nor can it help you solve problems, or lift you to knew levels. It can only cloud reality for a short time. And when the alcohols effects have worn off, the world comes crashing back, jsut as it was before the beer, or worse.
If it's just the flavor of that cold beer that you so enjoy, then share it with someone you love. It will taste so much better.
A good woman, someone you can trust and love, won't mind that you occasionally go out with the boys. But then again, that need is so diminished when you have met the right partner.
I still go into the woods every hunting season, not to get away from my wife (I really wish she was in physical shape to go with me, that would be the best
) but to get away from teh pressures of life in general. It gives me time to think. I'm a lousy hunter and never see any deer, but I sure love the autumn forest. It soothes my soul. And then I go back to civilization, my job, my freinds, and most importantly, my wife.
A beer is no substitute for a wife.
Unfortunately, we are talking about good women and good men. There are far too many who are worried about their selves, their own power, and their own creature comforts. When self is the guiding factor in ones life, that life will be shallow and worth little. It is only by loving and interacting with others, especially a good companion, that we find any depth of happiness.
I know, I'm sounding like a book or something. But after almost fifty years in this world, and having seen so many different lifestyles, and strategies for getting through mortality, I see again and again that honor and fidelity, and service to others, especially to our families, are the only paths that bring lasting happiness and comfort to life.
Seeeeeya; Goodweed fo the North