DG - there's a novel called Paradise by A L Kennedy (Scottish writer) about a woman who's an alcoholic. In one scene she wakes up in the morning wanting a drink and goes to the local shop but thinks to herself that she can't just buy some cans of beer because it's only 10am and the shop assistant will think she's an alcoholic. So she buys some cans of beer PLUS a box of matches because that equals SHOPPING.
