The first glass makes a man animated,
his vivacity great, his color heightened.
In this condition, he is like a peacock.
When the fumes of liquor rise to his brain,
he leaps and gambols as an ape.
Drunkenness takes possession of him,
and he is like an angry lion. When it's at its height,
he is like a swine: he falls and grovels on the ground,
and then falls into a drunken slumber.
—Mohammedan proverb
Reflection
Do I need another day like that in my life? Isn't it a
blessing that I awake at all, with the freedom to
breathe and make a decision about my day and its
doings?
Affirmation
Of course, pigs don't descend to drunkenness, so for
today, let me be as sober and noble as a pig.