This, however, formed a part of the bitter cup which she was doomed to drink, to atone for crimes and follies to which she had no accession.

And I guess that's part of why you have to work to accomplish what you're trying to accomplish in the moment, and not count on the result being a certain way, or you just end up a bitter alcoholic.

That, my friends, was a truly bitter cup to sip, in silence at our end of the stadium while their fans were going mad at the other.