For Better or Worse
Two hours later the same man called back. He was sorry he
yelled, but he couldn’t bring himself to sign into treatment.
“I know I have a problem,” he said, “but giving up alcohol
seems a little extreme, don’t you think?”
I said, “If you’re smart you don’t give up alcohol and other
drugs, you replace them with every other healthy thing you like.”
“Ok, maybe.”
“Giving up alcohol is just giving up alcohol. The sacrifice remains the same day to day,
but either the rewards get better or the consequences get worse.”
“How?”
“If you never drink again you’ll notice life gets better,
you get better at managing life. Get another couple of DUIs and you could wind
up jail. Kill somebody driving drunk and you could stay in jail a long time.”
Today I’ll remember the sacrifice is the same, but the rewards
and consequences change.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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