...and now they're building mountains out of moonshine even though half of the time they are so drunk they cannot see,
when it reaches forty-eight proof they'll be nearing the roof of the world,
they won't know that though because the drink will have taken them as it has taken so many greater men.

I used to be a drunk, I think, until I sunk
now I only drink sensibly,

realistically
drinking sensibly is probably an oxymoron,
but I'd have to check the lexicon to be sure