My Second Insanity

　　 My first sobriety was my second insanity. My first job sober was at the Salvation Army. I was over medicated on antidepressants and was consequently fired for moving　too slowly. I was quickly rehired by a bar I had worked at several years before.　　

　　 As any bartender can tell you, in most bars, a good proportion of regular, daily grind customers are alcoholics in various stages in the progression of their disease and in various degrees of denial.　　

　　 For this alcoholic, at that time, I really thought I could work in that snake pit without being bitten.　

　　 A good time was not had by all.

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Chapter 80)