gin

a friend of mine calls gin "mothers milk"

hmmm

i like gin (Bombay and/or Bombay Sapphire) bc it is distilled from tasty aromatic botanicals

like coriander / lemon peel / angelica / licorice / juniper berries / and so on

it is a sugar free alcohol and does not set up sugar cravings like wine / beer / bourbon / tequila / and so on

i pay attention to sugar intake to avoid insulin rebounds that cause three day hangovers

i drink gin with sparkling mineral water and a tsp of frozen lime juice / plenty of ice cubes / big ones / like six of them in a low ball glass / short and wide

keep the gin in the freezer / gin drinks must be very very cold

(once in the winter i told someone i didnt drink gin in cold weather / he was so surprised / he never met anyone before who didnt drink something because it was winter / i said gin drinks have to be cold and icy and that is why they are so refreshing in hot weather and rather debilitating in cold weather)

you dont get that sticky in the mouth feeling when you wake up after a gin binge from the mineral water as you do with tonic / even the best tonic

tonic is afloat with sugars and fake flavors

now the curious thing is that one consumes a great deal of mineral water in relation to the amount of gin / say one ounce of gin to six ounces of water and melting ice

that old saying that if you drink as much water as you did alcohol before going to sleep you wont wake up dehydrated

so the gin and mineral water really is quite a bit like a purification or what i like to call a mental health drink

it is possible however to get a bit blitzed when overdoing the mental health part

and so i must report that i ordered a book of nine radio plays by an australian woman writer whose work fascinated me when i first discovered her twenty years ago / her name is elizabeth jolley / her work is surreal / exploring amazon.com while sipping mother's milk and mineral water i saw that she had written some radio plays and they are apparently a collectors' item for they are priced at $119.00

and yeah, i ordered them

dont know what i was thinking

curious i guess / in a mentally healthy way, of course