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Being sober at a party full of drinkers has much to teach the willing student. I don't know how I made it out of that pathology; Self-pitying, useless strife, un-channeled anger are some phrases that come to mind. I don't know if I'm completely recovered, if I am yet over myself. I would like to think that I am. I hope for my wife and kid that I am. Sometimes I think the period of pre-industrial agrarian society had it better because perhaps there wasn't enough time to be depressed or angry. Maybe that is a fallacy, but I know I haven't had a lot of time to consider many things; there are no time for ruts.
Being sober reminds me what I like about being drunk but also what I hate about it. Mainly I don't like drunks unless I am drunk. Perhaps that's the way of the world. There are too many loud opinions, too many asses in the air like a ball on a shelf in physics class- the potential energy of sexuality is an illusion. But I like talking and I like hearing what people have to say about their lives and about things that matter.
The vet's husband is himself a vet. I like him and I like his stories. We talked most of the evening and he confided in me that his wife is considering having a baby. This is a woman who swore never to have kids, who said she often preferred animals to people. He looked at me and because I have known her for many years asked me if that was a surprise.
Only a few days ago I discovered that my ex-girlfriend of almost a decade was pregnant with twins. I could write a book about good times and bad times we had together. She also had no use for babies or anything that resembled one. The shock of that news still has me reeling a little bit.
People can change
Being sober reminds me what I like about being drunk but also what I hate about it. Mainly I don't like drunks unless I am drunk. Perhaps that's the way of the world. There are too many loud opinions, too many asses in the air like a ball on a shelf in physics class- the potential energy of sexuality is an illusion. But I like talking and I like hearing what people have to say about their lives and about things that matter.
The vet's husband is himself a vet. I like him and I like his stories. We talked most of the evening and he confided in me that his wife is considering having a baby. This is a woman who swore never to have kids, who said she often preferred animals to people. He looked at me and because I have known her for many years asked me if that was a surprise.
Only a few days ago I discovered that my ex-girlfriend of almost a decade was pregnant with twins. I could write a book about good times and bad times we had together. She also had no use for babies or anything that resembled one. The shock of that news still has me reeling a little bit.
People can change