Aug 31 2008
Say it Ain’t So…..
Well, not a whole lot going on so far to start out this Labor Day weekend. I will comment on how scared I am that my beloved White Sox are picking the worst time in the world to play like garbage. This is the time of year where every starter needs an “ace” performance, but that is not happening by any stretch of the imagination. It will be a tough road the rest of the way and any one who says they like how close the race is, is nuts. I would be much happier if the Sox were 10 games up now and could coast into the post season. Realistically, if the Sox don’t make it, I have little to no teams to cheer for this next couple months. The Bears I think would have trouble beating some college teams, Notre Dame looks to have another dismal year, and that is really it until basketball season. At least the Celtics will have the base for a quality team to defend their title next year.
Labor Day is a fun holiday for most, but for a recovering alcoholic, Monday represents yet another reminder that I am different from everyone else. I was getting my hair cut and the person cutting it asked what I was doing to Labor Day and asked if I was going to a barbeque and getting hammered. Nope. I think of how many functioning alcoholics will be out there getting smashed, driving drunk, having a great friggin time, never admitting that they have a problem. Holidays like this, are excuses for the “normals” to be addicts. I am an alcoholic, but I don’t plan on days to get drunk, but people all over the US will on Monday. Yet I’m the one they look down at. People wonder why addicts are resentful sometimes, weekends like this are one of the reasons. To all the addicts that read this, stay strong, at least one day this weekend, you can look at all those pretenders drinking their Zimas and wine coolers and laugh, and give them that look, the one you always get from them. Then go home, knowing that you won another day.
