"Good. Because I'm not as nice as Peeta is about it," Katniss says, even though it's not really necessary. She's never had Peeta's skill with people and her patience with Haymitch is usually thin and frayed even when he's not suffering through withdrawal. She's never been addicted to anything. She doesn't intend to start.

"It's probably better you just quit cold turkey anyway, I guess. Not likely we can make anything here without a couple months for it to lay in the ground and by the time it was even worth drinking, you'd be out of the worst of the sickness. I know why you do it but still - a clear head keeps you safer."