“We feel as if we’ve succeeded in poisoning ourselves, and the word is that we have. The word “toxic” hides in the midddle of intoxication, like a rat in a gift box.” Mark Edmundson, English Professor at the University of Virginia, goes beyond just the gruesome hangovers from drinking, and considers hangovers of all sorts, the downsides of intoxications of all sorts. re The Hedgehog Review