Outnumbered, Outgunned

The Only Sober Person in the Room

Drinking brings guilt in smart people. They feel sorry to be drunk around there sober friends. I know, because I am always there sober friend. I cant tell you how many people have apologized to me for being drunk around me. The fact is I dont care. I really dont.

I used to get really pissed off. But I dont anymore. I assume that everyone drinks, and everyone smokes pot. I just assume that you do. Your the exception if you dont. And your me if you dont do both.

I literally dont drink alcohol. Ever. It just is nothing I ever wanted to do. I think I heard the "Life is hard enough, I want to hit it with both eyes open and both eyes focused" from my man Rollins, and it touched me. My Dad had a lot to do with this.

He was a controlled guy around us. And a successful guy. So I thought that it was the better way to do things. He also made me tend bar when I was 14 at the 19th Hole. A really bad shit hole of house of alcoholics. It was not cool. It broke me of the COCKTAIL fantasy I had for drinking. Therer was just no way I was interested in doing it. Watching these men drink Pabst in a can at 7 am, just to get out of the house or whatever. There insane theories about how the hops are at the bottom of the glass and that is what gets you drunk. There names...Bones, Vince Augestine, Frank Augestine, Webb...so many more. Nibbsy. The Laporte Family, the Psybilski family so drench in family tragedy.

I just let go of the booze back then. I spent my entire time in Spain drunk. I mean I think I was gone like 6 months, and I was drunk the whole time. Drinking and chasing spanish girls.

In college I did not drink. In the five years it took to go to college, I went to one college party. One. Jackie and I never really did anything like that. Just did not.

So these days I dont mind at all. I dont mind people getting really drunk in front of me. I dont mind people getting stoned in front of me. The simple fact is that most people I know respect my choice. They dont understand it, but the fact is they just accept that I am the guy who does not drink.

The only time I get pissed off is when I am working on things like Blues Cafe. Then I get pissed off. But that is not often. And even then, I ahve started taking a larger approach to the whole deal.

So M...(and you need to pick a celebrity name for yourself)I dont get mad being the only sober person in the room.

Posted by Radiofree at September 11, 2005 03:49 PM | TrackBack