Lately I've been drinking heavy
But that's not how things should be
I did good for a while drinking water and coffee
But then I had the urge to drink
So I chugged a bottle down
Now my feet are in the air and my head is in the ground
Cause I've been drinking, drinking again

I drove one car into a tractor
I drove another through a rock
But it took a day of beer and wiffleball to realize I must stop
I use to feel that cause my anger, I didn't need to give a damn
If I don't wake up tomorrow things went just as I had planned
Cause I use to play the misfit
I felt I did not want to be here
I got so paranoid and anxious that I just kept drinking beer

And then I'd hop into my car, and drive around the town
Until my car, it hit a boulder and went flying off the ground
Once that ton came slamming down at 2:40 in the morning
The cops were there in minutes and the neighbors started swarming
They took me to the hospital, although I only had a scratch
But they had to get that piss test to know just how much I drank

Twice past the legal limit
I earned my D.U.I.
But after that had happened I couldn't look me in the eye
Now I felt awful, and I quit drinking for awhile
But that alcohol still makes me feel tall when I've been drug beneath the carpet

© Left Field

wow u are so good with words cupcake

Nice!

Thanks you two. This is an older one, not something that happened too, too recently.


It did teach me a lesson though.

I liked it alot...Its great that you could write about yourself like this, and I'm glad that the incident is over and done for you

Thank you very much. I figure I am what I am and who I was. Feeling like I need to hide it doesn't help any. Especially since I know I'm not the same person anymore. You learn from your mistakes. At least if you're wise you do. Miraculously noone got injured from my awful mistakes. If someone did, I'm not so certain I would've been able to get past it.

I rarely drink at all anymore and when I do it's rarely more than 2-3 beers. This was back when I was going through life at 21-24 and still felt a little bit more like I was teenager than an adult. Maybe I was slow in learning certain things.

Oh well, there's quite a few things about my past I've learned I can write about and just let go of that feeling like it must remain a secret. You're never going to be the only one that goes through certain experiences, ya know? It's not like hiding it changes the person you are at the moment anyway.

Thanks again.

I remember when I first read this poem AGES ago, it touched something in my heart.

Never let experiences like this remain a secret, just you getting your secrets out on 'paper' can strike a chord with someone else and maybe start them on a different path in life.

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..................<<>> Very nice Left Field................... ..................Joey.

Ah, you remember.

I really appreciate your comments. I remember them the first time as well. Sounds like maybe things have perked up a little bit for you.

Hope everything's going well.

This is the version I like. Done by Frank Sinatra:

Drinking again,
And thinking of when you loved me
I'm having a few
And wishing that you were here.

Making the rounds...
Accepting a round from a stranger
Being a fool
Just hoping that you'll appear.

Sure, I can borrow a smoke
Maybe tell some joker a bad joke
But nobody laughs,
They don't laugh at a broken heart.

Oh, yeah, I'm drinking again
It's always that same old story
After the kicks
There's little old mixed-up me
Tryin' to lose, a dream that used to be.

Drinking is bad for you. Watch comedy. Its better that way.

nice poem, man.

Yes, drinking is bad.... and thanks 'boots'

I wasn't expecting to see this again all the sudden.... I see it as a country song..

All of a sudden is quite right.

That was a great poem

*hugs*
Awesome bro!

Thank you much Crim

I feel for ya Left, I've been there myself. Drinking was almost a given for me. But then I met someone special, helped me turn my life around, and now I'm a father. I still think about it, I still yearn for it sometimes, but I think about the potential loss I could have and realize I don't need it anymore.