This Pickle Must Change

 (Surimi): Jim must wear his sobriety "like a loose-fitting garment." Not a Halloween costume or mask. He used to get really drunk. Authentic sobriety is far away for him, still. Like French, Spanish or Chinese, living sober is akin to learning a whole new language, a new way of thinking, being and doing.

Dynamic change. "You can't change a pickle back into a cucumber."

Indeed. And yet. And still...

This Pickle Must Change.


from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Day 48)