This is Life

It’d been a couple of weeks since I’d received some overwhelming bad news. Actually, these past couple of years have consisted of one devastating blow after another. Just when I thought I was on the other side of one heartbreak, another would hit. I had to admit, though, the latest one threw me over the top. I went through all kinds of emotions for the next few days, from desolation to disbelief and denial, grief, guilt, fear and all the other nasty feelings that can get an alcoholic like me into big trouble.