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Diary of a Modern Sobriety

Poem: The Alcohol Experience

Addiction to conviction is a contradiction 
Envision 
A vision so blurred 
Slurring every word 
So in touch with the inside 
Invisible pride 
Run and hide 
But it follows you 
Swallows you first 
Cursing 
How did I get here again 
Naked and losing another friend 
Begging for the end 
Or for an illness 
that keeps you bedridden
So you can stay 
Hidden from the world 
In a whole hearted devotional 
Dedicated to Patron or Cuervo 
Maybe a cup of joe 
With Kahlua for taste 
Or a shotgun party 
Pulling the tab and
Sucking the bubbles back 
An ungrateful fight out of spite 
Cuz he takes the knife from my hand 
Get sober 
Clear your mind 
Only do this for enough time 
To sign a contract with the devil 
To better my contact 
And drink without condition 
Or with it 
Eviction notice again 
Not only from my home 
But my body and soul 
Roaming without a cause
Living to be an option 
Never a choice 
Voice every wrong opinion and
Swing the hammer 
On everyone else's noise 
Poise never set in my life 
I can blame strife 
Or trifling hoes 
It goes to show how fucked I was 
Before the drink ever made me sink 
Shrinking me to the size of an ant 
With an ego of Oprah 
Only I never changed the world 
I just sat and licked my wounds 
Begging everyone to fix them 
Takes a steady hand
One only another alcoholic has
Of all the times I've caused pain to myself
It never hurt as much 
As when I realized I'm standing alone
My infantry is KIA
Rest in peace
Be free
So there 
That's how I feel about my alcohol experience. 
The fight isn't a fight when it's me versus the world. 
But why does it always have to be a war? 
Why does everyone in my life need to be a soldier in Justine's quest for attention? 
My obsession isn't with alcohol or war or money or men or love. 
My obsession is to be loved. 
But I never learned how to be loved. 
And this is where my journey begins.


(written from a cold rehab floor in 2013)

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