Same as it ever was … (sans meetings) –

May 6, 2020 – I quit drinking on July 14, 2019, without a plan. I just woke up that day with another brutal hangover, after another night of blotchy memories, and decided I couldn’t do it anymore. “Someone at the party told me some really good gossip about [a Big Name Actor], but when I woke up the next morning I couldn’t remember any of it.” That’s the line I use when sobriety comes up and I want to lighten the mood. I don’t talk about how small my life had gotten — preparing to drink; drinking; recovering from drinking…

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Leonard Buschel

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