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It occurs to me, sitting here today without a hangover, years long ago I would have had one on New Years Day - and not really missing that fuzzy headed pain at all.
Just darn lucky I never acquired a taste for the hard stuff or drugs, I suppose - such things just never appealed to me.
Some folks self-medicate or drink to escape. It was never that way for me, I don't think - I just liked enjoying time with friends, really. Goofy time, ya know.
I do miss my friends from those days and I sure miss my folks who were alive then, though. Dearly so.
I also wouldn't mind having the comparatively smaller "pain bucket" I had way back then vs. todays' 5 gallon bucket full of it, too, no doubt.
I reckon what I'm trying to say is I'm blessed to have made it through all that self-destructive behavior, even though it was never intended to be anything more than harmless fun with good friends.
I've read alcohol magnifies what folks are at heart.
Some folks get mean when they drink; others get silly or emotional or moody.
Y'all that know me know I'm a goof at heart, so you could imagine me with a couple-six beers in me.
I was the one who liked poking the mean drinkers with a proverbial stick just to see what would happen.
;-)
I'm no tee-totaler now, don't get me wrong - but it's usually years between my trying to drink a beer or two. Given all the crap that's tried to kill me in recent years, I just like being as clear-headed... AWAKE.... as I can still muster these days.
I used to fight alarm clocks to get up for work on time; nowadays I'm up so early that I literally have hours to wait before I have to go now.
Long story short, it's good just to wake up above dirt these days. Takes a while to get functional and sorted, but I'm still here to read and see all the wonderful things you all (and the rest of the world) are into.
I get to sit here and listen to music like the Arc Angels (if you don't know who they are, you MUST check out their stuff - TX rock, amazingly talented supergroup) and wait for Lisa to wake up, reading my news sites, reading FB....
all that unquiet mind stuff, you know.
I want to remember all of it. I want to read all of it, see all of it. I wanna be clear-headed enough not to miss it.
It ain't a bad gig.
I'll take it.
I'm not done yet.
Here's hoping everyone and their loved ones have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2020!
-Ed on the Ridge
Just darn lucky I never acquired a taste for the hard stuff or drugs, I suppose - such things just never appealed to me.
Some folks self-medicate or drink to escape. It was never that way for me, I don't think - I just liked enjoying time with friends, really. Goofy time, ya know.
I do miss my friends from those days and I sure miss my folks who were alive then, though. Dearly so.
I also wouldn't mind having the comparatively smaller "pain bucket" I had way back then vs. todays' 5 gallon bucket full of it, too, no doubt.
I reckon what I'm trying to say is I'm blessed to have made it through all that self-destructive behavior, even though it was never intended to be anything more than harmless fun with good friends.
I've read alcohol magnifies what folks are at heart.
Some folks get mean when they drink; others get silly or emotional or moody.
Y'all that know me know I'm a goof at heart, so you could imagine me with a couple-six beers in me.
I was the one who liked poking the mean drinkers with a proverbial stick just to see what would happen.
I'm no tee-totaler now, don't get me wrong - but it's usually years between my trying to drink a beer or two. Given all the crap that's tried to kill me in recent years, I just like being as clear-headed... AWAKE.... as I can still muster these days.
I used to fight alarm clocks to get up for work on time; nowadays I'm up so early that I literally have hours to wait before I have to go now.
Long story short, it's good just to wake up above dirt these days. Takes a while to get functional and sorted, but I'm still here to read and see all the wonderful things you all (and the rest of the world) are into.
I get to sit here and listen to music like the Arc Angels (if you don't know who they are, you MUST check out their stuff - TX rock, amazingly talented supergroup) and wait for Lisa to wake up, reading my news sites, reading FB....
all that unquiet mind stuff, you know.
I want to remember all of it. I want to read all of it, see all of it. I wanna be clear-headed enough not to miss it.
It ain't a bad gig.
I'll take it.
I'm not done yet.
Here's hoping everyone and their loved ones have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2020!
-Ed on the Ridge
