After returning from 45 days of rehab, I was let go last Monday. I lost my job and my health insurance. I lost my security blanket and part of my identity for the last 10 years. I lost a big part of me, and to be honest, I'm not handling it very well. BUT, I'm healthy and able to find another job, and have the full support of friends and family. So here I am. 57 days sober after 15 years of stumbling, blurry memories and black out shit sleep. 15 years of unsuccessfully running from crippling bi-polar disorder. 15 years of trashing my body, making terrible life choices and I have to say- I picked the right time to get sober. Right before the most fucking important election of our lives. And no, I’m not being sarcastic.
While I was in lock up, Trump got "shot", the RNC was gaining steam and Biden was looking weaker than ever. I had very little access to my phone and what little news I saw was cnn or fox news (basically the same shit) blaring annoyingly in the dining room. I walked out whenever it was on.
But now....oh BUT FUCKING NOW...................... my my my what a difference a month (or 2) makes, them tides have indeed turned. Last week's DNC was fucking fire. The energy is real, and not just among us libtard political junkies. The country is really truly feeling it. My 17 yo step daughter will turn 18 in time to vote and she is feeling it. "Did you ever think that the first vote I'd ever cast would be for a black woman?" It's those words that give me hope. Those words that hit me so hard in the chest. Those words that make me cry. This is the shit I get high on now. This is the best drug ever.
It's not just that I know we are going to win this election despite the GOP's cowardly attempts to thwart it, It's the fact that the normies are finally paying attention. People are finally pissed off and pointing their collective outrage at the party that has spent the last 50 years chipping away at their wealth, health and human rights. That's right, motherfuckers, we the people see it, are pissed off and are pushing back. Pushing back against the republican party and the oligarchs who own them, those smug assholes who got just a little to brazen. We’re sick of it and come November, them bitches are gonna get fired. That’s right, it’s time We The People do some goddamn ‘restructuring’.
Hey, GOP guess what? We aren't backing down- just try to shut us up. Good fucking luck with that.
And with that, I’ll leave you with a gratuitous selfie- being sober has been good for the bod. Plus, the Gen Z cohabitants complimented this ‘fit and I felt cool for the first time since high school.
Go get 'em, Liz. You got this.
Happy for you. For me, sober life has been liberating. Six months going on forever. ❤️ Christopher