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The Agony in Alcohol
People celebrate many different holidays and festivals with different types of alcohol because truth is it helps relieve stress. I remember my grandfather used to be a very kind and caring person. He would take my brothers and me to the zoo every time we went to visit him. He would get us ice cream and was even the first person to show me how to drive a car. Everything changed with alcohol. My grandpa was hurt on the job and was forced to retire; the company claimed it was his fault so he got no compensation. With that he took on alcohol. In Mr. Flood's Party, by Edwin Arlington Robinson, old Eben Flood drank alcohol sociably with friends but later in his life it turned into a heavy habit, he uses it to relieve stress, but in the end it inevitably leads to a depressing and lonely life.
In the poem it's obvious that Mr. Flood is lonely and that he has no family or friends, but it was not always like that. In lines 13-16 Old Eben raises his glass to propose a......

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