Someone the other day described me as 'fun'. I was so worried when I stopped drinking that I wouldn't be any fun anymore. What I've realized is that when I was drinking I was fun at parties (until the moment when I was a gong show), now I am fun the rest of the time. Freedom, right? Have a good 24, all!
Yeah, I was a lot of fun when I was drinking, lol. Pffft. Actually, I was a jackass.
Yesterday we took the kids to a Native American museum, then went hiking along some trails that took us to a lovely grotto with a waterfall. The day was full of laughter and fun, and throughout the day, I felt the serenity that can only come from being sober.
The truth is, I didn't know what fun was when I was a drunk.
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ---William James
