Analogies for Addiction

Alcohol is my poison, my prison. A brick wall, a trap door, a cancer, a bad joke, an empty bottle, an excuse, a leaky faucet, a loan shark, a broken promise, a cracked mirror, an earthquake, an avalanche, a train wreck, a recurring nightmare.

Alcohol is my insanity.

(Sotto): Oh, my goodness. I should have seen this shit coming. Ramble, ramble, ramble. Ramble, ramble, ramble. But I’ve got to admit it. Some of what he says is at least half-true.

 

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Chapter 39)