"The Sober Road"

    “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance: the wise man grows it under his feet.”

James Oppenheimer

Morning Meditation:

    Actions have consequences: drugs, laws, morals. Sometimes, that’s a tough pill to swallow.


    The universe seems to welcome life. A forest, destroyed by fire, completely rejuvenates from the necessary ashes. Life replenishes itself and I am replenished when I remain open. There is splendor in sobriety, in all of life. I could not have appreciated this in my drunkenness.

(Sotto): Vatchi, life seems to have given Jim another chance. He does seem to be on the proverbial road to recovery, doesn't he?

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Day 73)