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Jun 2018
The first drink is to calm the shakes
The second one to help erase
This retched life that I can't face
All because of my drinking days

The third one to take off the edge
The forth is more to help forget
All I said and all I did
When I downed that one drink left

The fifth makes me foolishly think I can
The sixth helps slur what words are left
Where all of this will end up at
Word to the wise, don't place your bets

The seventh turns into a cry for help
While the eighth one helps itself
On the ship that has set sail
Upon this demon liquids constant swell

After nine I can't remember why
Ten to see I'm legally blind
After all of this you would think I'd find
A better way to spend my time
I thank God daily I gave up drinking 28 years ago but have so many friends that are stuck in this Hell...Looking on from the sober side of life it is true insanity.
Mike Hauser
Written by
Mike Hauser  Sunny Florida
(Sunny Florida)   
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