What’s the deal with drinking on your own?
15/08/2011
Drinking alcohol is seen as this social thing, yes? But growing up, I saw people drinking on their own (how can they be on their own if I was there to see them?). I didn’t only see them drink on their own though, I also saw them drink with people in that normal way: at parties, during dinner, in the pub with workmates, etc. I also didn’t see them drink when they were actually drinking. As in, when I got older I realised they drank a lot more than I had realised. That time they acted strange, was actually that time they were drinking, but I never saw them take a swig from the bottle, take a sip from the glass, take a gulp from the can, but I saw the effect, you see? And now, the point in time I had this revelation, everything before that which I could remember, I had to re-evaluate. It’s actually the same for all the “revelations” not just the drink. You have to stop “Hang on, so you mean, all this time, this was happening? Behind my memories was another story that put a whole other tilt on everything?” So looking back, were they drunk, or were they ill, or was that just the medicine, or was that actually them when sober and happy. All this time I was so ignorant of everything and that was their intention and still is.
