Today she came home with her shopping bag full as usual. I could see that it was heavy. The bottom was shredding and ready to rip open. She rushed from the door to her room and I heard in the hallway the sound of at least three loud thuds. I knew they were beer cans. [...]
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Hidden places
Posted in Drinking on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to be in the here and now
Posted in Drinking, Family on May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I came home on Thursday night and I knew by roommate had been drinking again. I can tell by the slant of her eyes and the vagueness of expression. That, and spotting the can of beer she was hiding under her pillow. At least this one wasn’t open yet. The pattern is becoming all too [...]
Give me the serenity…….
Posted in Drinking, Family on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Living with someone who has no control over their drinking is a challenge. If they were a happy drunk, it might be easier but they are not. Instead, they are a sloppy, depressed drunk and they are lost in their own world of self-destruction and cannot see that there is another way. They are not [...]
When the bottle is always half empty
Posted in Drinking, Ruff Drafts on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There have been times in my life that the bottle was always half fempty. There was never enough. Not enough to get me up out my chair, or up out of bed or out the door. I look to the bottle for inspiration but I knew I would run out when the bottle ran out. [...]
