Archive for the 'AA: Active Alcoholics' Category

Make Mine a Virgin, Please!

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

About a year ago, my family and I were spending a Sunday evening at a Mexican restaurant in Muskogee, about an hour from our lake house in Eufaula.

I am not going to say which one. I don’t want to give them any negative publicity. That, and I don’t remember what the name of it was.

This was a special occasion because we usually don’t spend Sunday night away from our home in central Oklahoma.

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A New Year in Oklahoma: Bottoms Up!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

The new year has already set in.  January is amost over and the dreaded Valentine’s Day is about to sweep the country. 

But whether you’ll be spending Valentine’s Day in the loving arms of your sweetie or pathetically sobbing yourself to sleep while shoving candy hearts down your throat secretly hoping you’ll accidently choke to death on your own miserable loneliness, you’ll probably include an alcoholic beverage or two, or fifteen into your V-Day activities.

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