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Hospital Day One

I sit next to my mom as she sleeps in the bed. Room 45, bed 1. The window bed, and I have a nice arm chair, angled kinda in kinda out. Her mouth hangs…

Jun 9, 2023 •

December 2022

What’re you doing “Building a bomb”Thanks for reading Sad Lovely Drunk! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. What’re you doing…

Dec 4, 2022 •

November 2022

He snuck a coffee at dinner

“Hey dad” Yeah kiddoThanks for reading Sad Lovely Drunk! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. “Remember what your dad’s last…

Nov 24, 2022 •

April 2022

The wrong side of the bed

Do me a favor “Sure thing” Take me out back and shoot me “I can do that” Thanks “I’ll have to go get my gun haha” Thanks yeah “What’s going on” Nothing…

Apr 24, 2022 •

February 2022

The Lord's (Sponsor's) Prayer

Our Father (my Sponsor), who art in Heaven (actually, it’s Thy basement, most of the time) Hallowed be Thy Name (which is Larry and once one knows Thee…

Feb 1, 2022 •

January 2022

(Friend since college)

“Hey” Hey “What’s up” Nothing “What’re you doing” Nothing “Come on over” No “Why not” Don’t want to “Come on over, we’re gonna play Drawful” Don’t want…

Jan 23, 2022 •

They never tell you

They never tell you cos you might not quit drinking if they did They never tell you that you’ll be the same You can quit drinking, you can replace booze…

Jan 16, 2022 •

December 2021

I love them now

I love them now but for a while I didn’t A while when the drinking was at its worst and everything was awful and I loved nothing (except booze, man did…

Dec 31, 2021 •

Everybody Hates Me

A drunkard's Beowulf

Dec 16, 2021 •

Well, the relapse happened all right, it sure it, boy did it ever Happened quick too, happened before I knew what hit me Just went to pick up my kid…

Dec 8, 2021 •

You never know You just never know A friend of mine killed himself a while back Had a wife and kid, a good job (professor at a good university) and one…

Dec 1, 2021 •

November 2021

This was before

I went to London a bunch Ten or eleven times in the absolute throes of drinking way too much So roughly from 2011 through 2019 The best/cheapest fares…

Nov 29, 2021 •

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