The Party

I was able to watch the disease this past weekend in full bloom. Some of the people in our neighborhood partied all weekend. They were drinking and smoking marijuana non-stop through out the weekend. The noise level continued to rise each day the more intoxicated they became.

What I was able to see is that the rest of the neighborhood was not getting intoxicated all day all weekend. When I was using I use to think that everyone partied all day everyday. I was amazed, not just surprised, when I got clean and sober to discover that the rest of the world had a life that did not center around drugs and alcohol.

I am grateful for the people who were partying this weekend. They reminded me where we can all be in an instant. Monday morning I was so glad that I did not have what they had and was not waking up a 6AM, hung over strung out and having to drive on the freeway, shaking and baking to go to work all day.