I Remember You

I started drinking at 16, but it would be a few years before it would become a serious issue in my life. There were signs early in my life that drinking would one day become a serious issue. I showed up for my first job out of high school with a hangover bad enough that I had to leave work an hour after I arrived. My thinking of the night before evidenced a tendency toward alcoholic behavior even then; I celebrated finding my new job by drinking heavily into the wee hours, disregarding that fact that I was scheduled to start work at 7:00 a.m. I awoke sick and shaking, barely able to make it in to work at all.