Rapacious: Given to taking by force or plundering; voracious; avaricious.
"Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor . . . "
That is a great line. That is a world-class line. The meeting today was on Step One, the "dude, you're not in control of jackshit" Step. How appropriate was that for me as I try to maneuver the world into the off-ramp of my choice. I get the "powerless over alcohol" part - it's the powerless over everything else part that really sticks in my craw sometimes.
That's a great word: craw.
". . . bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands."
OK, then. Got it.
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