12.24.24
I don’t learn the easy way. I do everything to the extreme. Rehab right before the most stressful time of year, spend Thanksgiving in rehab, and come home just in time for the madness right before Christmas. I learn the really fucking hard way! The upside is that I usually don’t make the same mistake more than once. Bad decisions while drinking on the other hand, I have made tons of those…that’s how I ended up in rehab to begin with.
This year Christmas is quite different than in the past for me. I didn’t want to overwhelm myself by trying to do too much, but I also wanted to do something nice for other people. I wouldn’t be up to old shenanigans of parties and drinking so why not focus on those around me? Going out of my way to say hello or start conversations with complete strangers, holding doors open or carrying bags for someone with their hands full. It’s the little things I can do for others that makes me happy this holiday season. I wish that I wouldn’t have been such a self-centered asshole and figured this out sooner because it feels good to be a decent fucking human. You never know what struggles others are going through or how these small acts of kindness can bring comfort.
Merry Christmas Eve! Go be another decent human.
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