I'm so glad I don't drink alcohol anymore!
"Even liquor industry feels recession pinch" by Associated Press | January 31, 2009
MILWAUKEE - Drinking away your troubles? Possibly. But chances are you're doing less of it, and you're imbibing at home.
The alcohol industry said yesterday that its business softened last year, with revenue growth slowing and spending shifting away from bars and restaurants.
Revenue reported by liquor suppliers rose 2.8 percent from the previous year to $18.7 billion in 2008, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States....
That there is still growth shows the spirits business is "recession resilient," said council president Peter Cressy, but not immune. He said the quarter that ended in December was one the industry was counting on....
Yeah, because you have a choice: be miserable, or be miserable but buzzed.
Good thing they aren't smoking pot, huh?
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