𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 “𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆”, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚. 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 – 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎, 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆.
Inspirationally Intoxicated 