I was once one of these. I never stopped reading the Bible but recalling what I had read was another story entirely. When I finally shook that monstrous habit it took me more than just a few years to clear my head. If you have no problem with alcohol, stop what you’re doing and thank God that you never had that horse collar around your neck . . . backwards.

I don’t know, the more I think back on those days the more I feel like a total and complete tool. My kids are glad to agree with me on that point. The wonderful thing is that I have made amends and that, my friends, took a lot of thought and time and reassuring myself that I was over it. I don’t care if its raining now, every day is a sunny one.

When I came to figure out what I would do with this website I had no clear idea if I would even mention this lark of misfitment. I realized that we are in the Season now and this is a tough one for folks like me who stay away from drinking. All I can do is recommend, fervently, do not begin again. You’ll get through it and be so much happier with yourself than if you fell back into that well just to get high. High sucks and this comes from an expert. Stupid is another word for high but it isn’t used by the medical community. Stupid is far too simple and straight forward when we can use Latin to fuzzy up the issue.

So, if you celebrate the holidays, Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. If you drink through the holidays then you’re not listening to yourself. You is saying, NO!

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