Down the Drain

The only thing unusual about me drinking beer in the shower was the low alcohol content. Dr. Jim (that’s me) prescribed a drink in the shower for its medicinal sobering up qualities and its effervescent lilt. Beer was the Common Man’s brew. Dr. Jim only drank beer in public as a way to show that he flowed with the sea of humanity (or was too drunk to drink anything else). 

“Lather. Rinse. Repeat.”

I thought I could follow directions. But my direction faded. I and alcohol and fear went down the drain together, clockwise, north of the equator, yet directionless.

(Sotto): Moon walking. That’s it. Appearing to walk forward while sliding backward. Michael Jackson’s move. Drinking beer in the shower to get ready for work. Eureka . By Jove. Good Golly, Miss Molly. Jim’s moon walking! (laughing out loud) Drinking in the shower.

 

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Chapter 66)