Cures for Sorrow - St Thomas Aquinas

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Floating most everywhere around the internet today and supposedly quoting St Thomas as cures for sorrow is: "bath, glass of wine, sleep".  Truth is in No. 38 of the Summa Theologica, St Thomas does not mention alcohol, though there is nothing intrinsically wrong or even necessarily inaccurate about it, but to assign it to St Thomas is clearly inaccurate and wrong.  He does mention sleep and a bath, but not alcohol.

St Thomas in No 38 of the Summa mentions five cures (non of which mention any kind of alcohol).........crying, talking about problem with friends, contemplating truth, pleasure, warm bath and a good sleep) https://cathstan.org/posts/five-remedies-for-sorrow-from-st-thomas-aquinas-2

A glass of alcohol-of-choice can be pleasurable.......and legitimate especially in a warm bath, during the bath, or as an aid to drifting off to sleep.  My choice, anyway.  Thank you St Thomas for legitimizing what was a guilty pleasure of mine - with a side effect for me of sound sleep.