WAKING with a feeling of wellbeing, elation and high self-esteem, I reflect on what led to this happy condition. Oddly, it was my private physician, who suggested that despite my liver having recently been harvested from a plane crash victim of abstemious habits, I might consider addressing my alcoholic intake.

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