I'm about to get on my bandwagon. So if you don't want to ride it is safest to get off now.
We all reach those moments in our life (or at least I hope so) when we come to the inevitable conclusion that something doesn't work for us and let it go. You know like those friends who you love dearly but you have grown up and grown apart.
One thing I find particularly amusing. I'm not one who likes to tell people what to do. I like for them to reach conclusions on their own so they can "own" their decision.
Well, unfortunately I wish I knew some of those people I see with breathalyzers in their car. You know the gadgets they have to blow into before their car will start.
Recently I was talking with a buddy of mine. He was sharing a story with me about a woman who he may or may not be intimate with. I didn't ask. I felt sorry for him that he has to have friends of that caliber. On second thought I sure as heck he is getting something other than drama. He told me when she comes to visit she can't leave. Or course I inquired. It is unlike his character to entertain overnight. I always looked at him as a very focused success driven individual. When they go out and have a few drinks, she has to sober up to be able to blow into the gadget in her car for her car to start. TMI (too much information)? Yes!
Well, that made me recollect a story a family member was sharing with me recently about a man who is undergoing the same type situation. They go places and it is his car and she doesn't drive so either if he drinks too much or drinks at all the car won't start. Or he can't take the risk of trying to start it based on the consequences he'll face.
Folks, is it just me or does alcohol have some magical ingredient I somehow missed. Now I have drank a glass of wine of occasion. I was 32 when I drank my first alcoholic beverage. No let me take that back, I was much older I was around 30 when I went to a club for my mother's 50th birthday party. I wasn't a drinker so I didn't drink at all that night. I've had a few drinks or two since that time.
My underlying inner thought, since apparently all they needed was definitely a listening ear was at what point do you realize you need to just stop drinking? To get to that point they must have been behind the wheel of a vehicle drunk driving.
I will admit the stories of how law enforcement was able to determine they were intoxicated were really. So funny I don't remember enough of the details to recall it. I was laughing uncontrollably.
I'm sure there are things people get really perturb about that I do. Admittedly I eat a little too much, exercise way too less, and put on too much weight. Maybe I should be charged with a task like having to exercise twenty minutes before my debit card would work for me able to be able to buy dinner. I want to lose weight. Maybe that's the difference. These folks apparently just don't want to stop drinking.
Acknowledge it and move on.
