After my brother broke up with his girlfriend, he became depressed, so I wanted to cheer him up. I decided to have a party on a yacht with some of his closest friends. I got in touch with a professional yacht crew recruitment company and asked them if they could provide me with a crew large enough for the party I wanted to throw, and they agreed. I didn’t want to necessarily get my brother drunk to help him forget about his girlfriend, but I wanted to liven him up a little, and I knew that he would be more likely to do it after having a few drinks.

On the day that we had the yacht party, my brother was still his usual, depressed self. As he greeted his friends at the party, he still had a slightly sad look on his face. I asked the DJ at the …