“Here, we drink in public and praise the Lord at the same time. This is not a joke ... this is a space for people to come together in God’s name without being ashamed of being drinkers.” Makiti said ...

And what about perfume? I remember being in grade school and making our teacher perfume. She said what nice smelling “toilet ...

As I read the Last Rites to a young man dying of alcohol addiction, he looked at me and I sensed in him a flicker of recognition and empathy, as if to say, ‘we’re not so different, really’.