and now aaron realizes exactly where his life went wrong. at one point he was allowed to leave the country, alone. and during the course of this, after many adventures that would serve as good stories back in america, he found himself on a random path to a cabin in the mountains in the middle of nowhere, even by norwegian standard, and random travelers going in the other direction offered him (who didn't particularly drink) some kind of liquor, and he took it, because he had picked up on the cultural idea that it would be rude not to accept it once offered. from this point on, aaron could no longer live in america.