So – You Have Some Power Over Alcohol eh?

Well then… please,

Tell me how powerful it feels to be on one end of the phone with a good friend who has had time sober yet has returned to drinking. How powerful can I be when his first words to me are “I wish I was dead” and I can immediately tell he’s ocified.

Where is the power over alcohol when this person tells you he knows he’s an a**h***, that he’s messed up his marriage but he begins to blame her for his problem. Meanwhile his spouse is across the country doing whatever she can to help make her mother’s last days comfortable and worthy of living.

How much power does anyone have when the drunk on the other end of the phone begins to repeat what he just said again and again?

Please, tell me how much power over alcohol you have when you anticipate this morning’s next phone call once you’ve put together that rehab stint your friend was willing to go to last night? Is this fear the result of power over alcohol? The fear that he’s feeling somewhat better and can, once again, handle this on his own?

Power over alcohol is an illusion. Why not stop telling people you have power over alcohol because you didn’t ingest any today? You sound like a Profundity Pusher.