23:29–35 Observe those who are devoted to quarreling, idle talk, and fighting. They linger over wine and indulge themselves with strong liquor. You will not discover truth at the bottom of a wineglass. An alcoholic loses his grasp on reality as surely as death comes from a sudden snakebite. If you drink like this, you will hallucinate and the world will appear distorted. Everything will lurch up and down like a raft on the high seas. You claim that wine is medicine, that it will be your salvation,