We Drank to be Free
We Drank to Be Free
We Drank to Be Wild
To break down the protective barrier
To open our bodies and hearts and minds
We drank to connect with lovers
To connect with friends, to connect with family, to connect with ourselves
But drinking isolates and enslaves us
Those of us who drink with a singular passion
Those of us who become addicted
Slowly bit by bit
Year by year it wears us down
Becomes a ball and chain that we drag behind us
Our voices dulled by shame and doubt and insecurity
But it doesn't have to be that way
You can cut that chain
Whether your 20 or 30 or 60 you can take back your fire
Your fire may be soft and warm or it may be a raging inferno
but that fire can only grow if you stop wasting energy
on the drink/drunk/regret routine
Pour enough alcohol on your fire and it'll flash up in a fury than die quickly
Sober I AM a steady glow
a stable flame
and sometimes a raging inferno of creative energy
but I am NEVER extinguished
Today I will not drink.
Join Me!
Rekindle your flame
Find the voice you've lost
Talk to Us in our free, independent , anonymous and private community forum. Rethink the Drink
www.boozemusings.com BOOM!
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