I Drank for
Courage... and woke up night after night
horrified.
I Drank for
Sophistication... and became crude.
I Drank to find
Peace... and ignited a war within myself.
I Drank to be
Friendly... and became argumentative and nasty.
I Drank to be Sexy...
and turned people off.
I Drank so that I
could Relate to Others... and I babbled.
I Drank to put down
Loneliness... and found myself retreating more and
more into my shell.
I Drank to Relax...
and woke up tense.
I Drank to be
Entertaining... and became an obnoxious clown.
I Drank to Live More
Fully... and contemplated suicide.
I Drank for
Adventure... and discovered disaster.
I Drank to be more
Honest... and insulted my friends.
I Drank to Quiet my
Nerves... and woke up with hangover jangles.
I Drank to Feel
Better... and ended up sick and throwing up.
I Drank to have
Fun... and passed out in the middle of the
party.
I Drank to Pep Myself
Up... and ended up exhausted.
I Drank to feel
Successful... a Big Shot... but ended up a
failure.
I Drank for
Security... and became afraid of my shadow.
I Drank to Feel
Better about Myself... and ended up hating me.
I Drank to prove I
could handle Alcohol... and ended up knowing it
controlled me.
A Friend asked...
"But surely, now that you've been Sober a while, it
would take a lot of alcohol to put you back in that
condition."
"Just One Drink,"
I answered!
~Author Unknown~
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