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Think of it this way: your experience with your father is probably what kept you away from alcohol. It's a very common pattern. BTW, I realize "falling off t
by starkd 4y ago
Think of it this way: your experience with your father is probably what kept you away from alcohol. It's a very common pattern.
BTW, I realize "falling off the wagon" means going on a bender, but shouldn't it really be the other way around? I mean, if you go on a bender, that's like getting on the wagon. I always picture this wagon with everyone drinking in the wagon. Because no one who drinking's drinking wants to walk. Just one of those things that's always bugged me.
- tenebrisalietum 4y agoThe term appears to be very old--originally referring to water carts. Those "on" the wagon would be drinking water. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall_off_the_wagon https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall_off_the_wagon
- Rendello 4y agoThe confusion around the term was a running joke in a Seinfeld episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wx77L9_D84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wx77L9_D84