AH didn’t drink and he was his old self
i think we get so used to them drunk all the time, that any break, however brief, when they are not cross-eyed, staggering and slurring seems like they are all better. we are willing to accept so little and excuse so much.
also a day or two of NOT drinking is not at all the same as sobriety or recovery. they are still the person who did all the terrible things 48 hours ago. we should not live for the moments when they do NOT call us names. or berate us. or yell.