relapse

(photo credit to Antal K)

even reformed badgers can fall off the wagon. last night i peaked too soon leading to drawn out suffering.

6:30 a.m. wake up. feel great! thinks to self, ahhh, the body of a 20 year old. can still knock them back with no consequences.
6:45 a.m. confident driving through relentless rain.
7 a.m. clock in on time. spend a lucid 2 hours with team leader and pump out faultess copy
9 a.m. buzz starts waning
10 a.m. fading fast. futile attempt to try and overturn tide by knocking back a coke
11 a.m. puke.
11:05 a.m. stealthily make my way upstairs for a snooze thinking i won't be missed

while i am gone the following get sent to me:
steve: are you hiding and sleeping somewhere you git?? there's a chigi press conference now.
steve:you didn't even wake up when i threw a candy up there...

12:30 p.m. return to desk poised and ready to perform. receive following unsolicited "tip" from jerry C in milan.

tip
from an old boozehound. always have a clean t shirt in your
bag, in case you need to, like, change on the fly.