Why do we like to "get wasted" so much?

This is the question that is asked Bob Pop In this brief but incisive essay, Bob combines irony, cultural reflection, and personal experience. With his characteristic style—he writes as he speaks, speaks as he thinks, and thinks very well, as Andreu Buenafuente says—he explores the attraction of drinking to excess, that shared vertigo that can be play, liberation, and, at the same time, danger.

Between intimate confession and sociological observation, the author reflects on alcohol as a social ritual, our reliance on others for support, and the certainty that sometimes there will be no one there. All this is imbued with his unmistakable blend of humor, wit, and tenderness.