Compassion <br /> is never lacking an an alcoholic. <br />It is his sensitivity to pain, <br />his willingness to take on the burdens <br /> of others, consciously or unconsciously, <br />which causes some to choose booze <br />to tune out their pain. <br /> <br />But in the long run, alcohol causes more <br />pain.<br /><br />O Anna Niemus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/compassionate-alcoholics/
