Being an old person meant you ended up needing actual health items more than booze. This was doubly true when you were a recovering alcoholic - not that the Dome seemed to care he was recovering since it often liked to put him in a place where he got blackout drunk. He still couldn't decide if those broke is sobriety or if it didn't count since he wasn't really in the same state of mind.
The kid trying to get him to sample some wine right now wasn't really helping.
"For the last time, No. No to the red. No to the white. No to the whole rainbow of colours. Don't you have someone else to bother with your incessant questioning?"