Two Deaths
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Two Deaths
I was two weeks sober this time when I got a phone call from an old buddy. Two people from our past had died, and both were alcohol related.
One was the stepfather of our friends. He wasn't all that much older than the brothers we knew, and after we came of age, we used to party with the guy. It was fun, and we felt pretty mature partying with an older guy like that.
His brand of choice was Jim Beam, and he drank daily. While waiting for a liver transplant, he died.
There was a loose gang of friends in my old neighborhood. This was back in the 70's It was exactly like Dazed and Confused. Cruising around, burning weed, drinking, cutting up. Oh, the world had never seen such as the likes of us. We were wild, special, and the world was our oyster.
But we got older. Some went straight. Others kept on partying. One dude, not someone I was particularly close to, but a guy I had drank and gotten high with numerous times, died the other night. In his mid-fifties. He was a heavy drinker until the end.
This stuff'll kill you, folks. It's an, uh, sobering reminder of why we need to stay on the path.
I have too many books to read. Too many movies to see. Too much music to hear. Too many sunrises to behold. Too many great meals, too much joy to be had. I want to attend the graduations of my grandchildren. I want to live and be healthy as long as possible.
One was the stepfather of our friends. He wasn't all that much older than the brothers we knew, and after we came of age, we used to party with the guy. It was fun, and we felt pretty mature partying with an older guy like that.
His brand of choice was Jim Beam, and he drank daily. While waiting for a liver transplant, he died.
There was a loose gang of friends in my old neighborhood. This was back in the 70's It was exactly like Dazed and Confused. Cruising around, burning weed, drinking, cutting up. Oh, the world had never seen such as the likes of us. We were wild, special, and the world was our oyster.
But we got older. Some went straight. Others kept on partying. One dude, not someone I was particularly close to, but a guy I had drank and gotten high with numerous times, died the other night. In his mid-fifties. He was a heavy drinker until the end.
This stuff'll kill you, folks. It's an, uh, sobering reminder of why we need to stay on the path.
I have too many books to read. Too many movies to see. Too much music to hear. Too many sunrises to behold. Too many great meals, too much joy to be had. I want to attend the graduations of my grandchildren. I want to live and be healthy as long as possible.
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I'm sorry for your losses. Yes, alcohol kills. I have lost so many friends to alcohol in freakish ways...heat stroke, drowning, a fire, heart failure, cirrhosis...and I'm in my 30's. yet I still struggle with alcohol myself. Makes me sick and so sad to think about it.
All we can do to make it better is stay sober.
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Originally Posted by livinginhope 
This stuff'll kill you, folks. It's an, uh, sobering reminder of why we need to stay on the path.
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