“The sun comes up, the sun goes down, and here you are.” He said it in reference to the early-morning hangover when you were positive you’d never want to drink again, yet come afternoon there’d be a beer in your hand. As a kid, she heard him say it to his buddies, and after her first hangover in high school, he’d laughed as he said it to her, handing her a beer midafternoon, swearing by the hair of the dog.

