Hi ya armaviva!
When I was with with old friends after getting clean, if they were talking about "the good ole days" (puke) when we partied together and all that, I'd call it "parting" instead of "partying". They'd be like, "'parting' - what are you talking about?" I'd say, "yeah - partying was nothing more than parting with my sanity." They knew I was telling them the truth - they knew ME.