I blame it totally on the Worthless Ones. My drinking.
They have times when they bark at things I cannot see, hear or smell and that makes my stomach go into knots and, the best remedy for knots in the stomach is cheap wine, says I.
So I drink, and I blame it on them. The mutts. The unlovable ones.
And they bark daily.
Funny thing that; The Schnauzers never made me drink. In those days I did it because I liked to.
Now I do it to unknot the knots caused by the barking of the miserable creatures I share my house with.
The result is about the same though.