Curious Annoyance...
Curious Annoyance...
So I have been sober 41/2 months. I listen to country music a lot, and there is this one song out that I just hate to hear: it's called "drinks after work" by Toby Keith. Every time it comes on I have to change it.
What's odd is, there are plenty of other "drinking songs" out there, and they don't bother me at all...just this one.
I have been wondering why..and the only thing I can think of is for the past couple of years I would stop off on my way home from work every day...when I should have been going home to my family. One of the lines is "tell me what's it gonna hurt...drinks after work".
Maybe it's a painful reminder to me how much it really did hurt?
Anyway...just my random observance this week.
Hope everyone is doing good tonight.
What's odd is, there are plenty of other "drinking songs" out there, and they don't bother me at all...just this one.
I have been wondering why..and the only thing I can think of is for the past couple of years I would stop off on my way home from work every day...when I should have been going home to my family. One of the lines is "tell me what's it gonna hurt...drinks after work".
Maybe it's a painful reminder to me how much it really did hurt?
Anyway...just my random observance this week.
Hope everyone is doing good tonight.
Im a country music fan too, and that song definitely rubs me the wrong way. Everyone always thinks "oh whats a couple drinks after work gonna hurt?" Bur it does hurt us..because we are alcoholics and can never have just one or two.
Yeah...like I said, other boozy songs don't have that effect on me, but that one...the lyrics remind me of those early days of my alcoholism when I was still in denial and ever trying to justify my drinking.
Not a pleasant reminder. But...somehow it's part of the journey I guess, because every time I stumble upon these reminders/realizations, I feel it helps me.
Glad I'm not the only one :-)
Not a pleasant reminder. But...somehow it's part of the journey I guess, because every time I stumble upon these reminders/realizations, I feel it helps me.
Glad I'm not the only one :-)
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