Stemming from yesterday's thoughts: Are most people successful at attaining pleasure or merely relief? And are they calling this relief that they experience, "pleasure" or "happiness"? Food when you're hungry, water when you're thirsty, going to the restroom, sex with a stranger: the feelings obtained are really just physical relief, no? And yet, people can mistake these experiences for "pleasure", even "joy", because they are the best feelings they've ever experienced. But, it's truly a misunderstanding with the definition of these words. Ok, that's pretty deep for one day.

So, after a recent alcohol related death in Major League Baseball, some teams have begun banning alcohol from their dugouts. This has inspired a minor outrage among players and coaches alike. It inspired this from me...."they've been drinking DURING the games????" I'm always surprised as to the overwhelming focus that people place on alcohol, and how it is so often the center of weekend plans. Yet, most people don't consider this self-medication a problem. I'm just not sure why?