Clarity through Alcohol

Every year I make a resolution to drink more.  While others generally aim to reduce consumption, I'm scheming ways to add more.  Before working in a restaurant I would go months without a drink, and still do when I’m home.  Restaurant life makes reaching my goal easier to achieve as the daily rhythms of the shift-drink, meeting people after work, and being out after dark in general lends itself to a cocktail or two.

The benefits of a little beverage are under rated, making all the mental rhetoric subside, and allowing me to feel whatever I want.  The silent swaddling of the Catholic upbringing and strict work ethic has very long roots, only reachable, apparently, by the second martini. Sometime during that second drink the roots loosen their grip. It’s not that I need alcohol to do or be or act any differently, but it sure helps me think differently. It's quite liberating, and it's cheaper and more available than therapy.

All Type A personalities may benefit from a  little nip to break free from the endless rules, restrictions, and head conversations we put upon ourselves.  There’s no one making me do, think, or say anything at this point in my life.  However, that’s the beauty and the price of upbringings.  We’ve all got ‘em. 

Bottoms up.

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          If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience
          ~William James