In the Short Grass

The barrage of A. A. meetings had penetrated the denial front. I heard my story a dozens of times .The real tough guys met life on lifes terms; without booze or drugs to numb the insults of life. I had accepted that life would be better if I put the plug in the jug and surrendered to win. I was not fi ghting the good fi ght when I was self-prescribing a mixed bag of feel-good drugs. I would soon l...