Bacchus Boomeranged On Us
Bacchus? Who the heck is Bacchus?
From page 57 in the 12&12;
“Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn’t quite belong. Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others, or we were apt to be noisy good fellows craving attention and companionship, but never getting it - at least to our way of thinking. There was always that mysterious barrier we could neither surmount nor understand. It was as if we were actors on a stage, suddenly realizing that we did not know a single line of our parts. That’s one reason we loved alcohol too well. It did let us act extemporaneously. But even Bacchus boomeranged on us; we were finally struck down and left in terrified loneliness.”
Take a good look at this dude…
That’s our boy!
Dionysus, otherwise known as Bacchus. Here’s some talk about him;
“Walt Disney has depicted the character on a number of occasions. The first such portrayal of Dionysus was in the “Pastoral” segment of Walt Disney’s 3rd classic Fantasia. He is portrayed as an overweight drunk man who rides a drunken donkey; wears a tunic and cloak, and grape leaves on his head; and carries a goblet of wine. He is friends with the fauns and centaurs, and is shown celebrating a harvest festival. Other portrayals have appeared in both the Disney movie and spin-off TV series of Hercules. He was depicted as an overweight drunkard as opposed to his youthful descriptions in myths. He has bright pink skin and rosy red cheeks hinting at his drunkenness. He always carries either a bottle or glass of wine in his hand, and like in the myths, wears a wreath of grape leaves upon his head. He is known by his roman name in the series ‘Bacchus’, and in one episode headlines his own festival known as the ‘Bacchanal’.”
Geez - he went so far that he wore a wreath of grape leaves on his head? Yeah, he was one of us :)
[This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, Ryan Freisling at the English Wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.]
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