as of late, i've been plagued by a deep, hacking cough that resonates and shakes the deepest avioli of my lungs. it started of innocently enought, like an end-of-year flu, and was (to my sneaking suspicion), aggrevated by my smoking of filterless cigarettes which i lovingly rolled myself. anyway. that is not the point.

the point, of course, is the cure.

its been a long ardous task of finding the magic elixir to cure me, with alot of hits and misses. one medicine, made me break out in a very very irritating itch. air con, dust and cigarette smoke irritates my cough to no end. but, alcohol (of the soft kind, i.e beer, wine, cocktails etc), thus far, seems to be the magic potion. i stipulate that it is the alcohol in it that calms and soothes my throat. so here i am now, sitting in my room, reading a book and nursing a pint of beer as it in returns nurses me, and i think to myself, is this a reason, or more so an excuse, for drinking?