Joke Time

(Vatchi):　 Sotto, sobriety is a balance of emotions and reason.　Jim is a toddler on the sobriety tightrope. He can't be expected to express what he does not yet understand.
　
   The old joke used to be "this job gets in the way of my drinking." Twenty jobs and thirty years later, the new joke is "this job gets in the way of my recovery."

   I like both jokes equally well, especially since I'm on the sunny side of sober. A sunny smile now. The teeth are now false, but the smile is real.

 

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Chapter 75)