The Price Is Never Fair

This alcoholic gets this... 16 years sober...

I'll be two years at the end of February. Thanks so much for reading, LDF. Appreciate you.

DL  

Heavy my friend. Well written. A vulnerable piece. You captured what many can relate to and have gone through. Great work!

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. Honored to make your RL. Appreciate you.

DL

Felt your words Damian and I wish you all the best ❤️

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Pete. Honored to make your RL. Appreciate you.

DL

Being the daughter of an alcoholic, I see what it puts you through. I may write a lot about drinking but I do not consume as much as I say in fear of becoming an alcoholic.

Very open DL

Thanks for reading and your kind words, Fia. I can understand your fear. My dad and brother are also alcoholic's. None of us are drinking anymore, fortunately. I don't have to tell you, because I'm sure you know. It's just as rough or rougher having to observe an alcoholic destroy themselves. Appreciate you.

DL    

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and really appreciate your words and I can relate to your authors thoughts, for I came from a dysfunctional childhood dealing with my stepfather who drunk his self to death, dying from kidney and bladder dysfunction and he being abusive to me, yet my own mother would say to me that is what you need a man in your life 🤨 then she would call me a bastard child due to the fact, I reminded her of him my real father, yet here was a man not my father 🤨 when he was drunk and abused me hitting and punching me 😲my grandparents said to me that no misdeed goes UNPUNISHED 🤨.      
                🐺 WOLF BAY 🐺

Thanks so much for reading and your commentary, SHAMAN. So sorry you went through all that in your life. Appreciate you.

DL  

I appreciate your thoughts on this subject matter for I've learned what don't kill you only makes you that much stronger 💪🪬 SHAMAN 🪬👍💯🐺 WOLF BAY 🐺🙏

So much to say about this topic but I'm going to keep it
in a positive light because I'm glad you found your sobriety.
My best friend has been sober for around 15 years and I'm so happy
to have her back. I'm sure you have people in your life
that are happy you have found your strength to take back your life
from alcohol.

Congratulations amigo!!  
I know it's not easy so hang in there!!

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Adel. Honored to make your RL. I'm glad you got your friend back. Alcoholic's don't always realize how much we hurt those around us, who watch us basically kill ourselves slowly. Appreciate you.

DL  

"Whiskey River" I wonder if you played that old Alabama tune back in the day?!
 
However you got this far in life, and now at DUP, consider it a success. Your writing is top notch, and your personal character that emits from that is equally so.
A gentleman and a (poetic) scholar....
   Great writing. Great thoughts.

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Styxian. Never played that one, we were to into metal and hard rock. Also, I needed to hear that brother. You made my year. Appreciate you.

DL

Nice write DL. I’m 19 days sober and I know exactly what you mean. I just know the bottom of the bottle wasn’t helping me or the ones I love. Day by day.

Thanks for reading, brother. Honored to make your RL.That's all you can do is one day at a time. Hang in there. It does get easier over time. Appreciate you.

DL

I am grateful you discovered sobriety. I know it's not easy; I have many friends who are clean and sober now. Yet they still face the temptation. It takes a strong man to overcome addiction, Damian. Good on you.

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Tams. I try to stay positive and that works for the most part. When it hits me the hardest, I just write about the reality of the experience. In hopes it keeps me on the right path. Temptation never completely goes away. Appreciate you.

DL  

Dear DL,

I can appreciate this poem on so many levels. I really liked the honest conversational style of the write. While I wish it was the elixir for a certain someone in my world I cherish the knowledge you have succeeded to rise above the cold grip of the bottle. Great write. H🌷

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, H. Always enjoy your commentary. Appreciate you.

DL