Answering 12 Random Questions

1. Do you need help with anything?

Money, pain management, cleaning the apartment, cooking food, and generally being driven to appointments.

2. Can an alcoholic drink again years down the road?

Of course they can, it's physically possible. I think you should be asking, should they?

3. Why aren't alcoholics ever sober?

I'm sober right now, have been for over a week. I was sober for 8 months every day all day. Even if I never drank again, I'd still be an alcoholic. It doesn't denote you are always drunk and the vast majority of us are rarely drunk.

4. Can seeing a therapist sometimes make a person feel more depressed?

Yes it can. If your state of mind has you feeling you are losing at life by needing help, it will make you more depressed. You would need to allow yourself to be helped, and some people don't seem able to do that.

5. When does it become pointless to quit drinking?

It never is pointless. However, I have no desire to stop, even though it's harming me and putting me in danger of accidently hurting myself. I've already been injured badly falling. The desire to drink is stronger than my desire for safety. I'm addicted to it both physically and mentally in rather a strong way. I enjoy it.

6. Do you ever miss drinking?

Yes, when I'm not drinking, I want to be drinking generally. It makes me happy and eases the pain in my body.

7. Does living in an apartment make you feel like you're living with other people?

Nope. I am alone in my apartment, but it gives the opportunity to socialize in the common aria we have for recreation.

8. Why do you look like a rose?

It's beautiful and it makes me happy.

9. What is the cause of someone often being depressed?

Chemical imbalance in the brain is usually why.

10. Why don't humans breed like animals?

We literally do. I don't know how you think we are doing it different.

11. When you're by yourself, do you drink less than with others?

No. I almost never drink with others. I mostly drink alone. I don’t enjoy being in places with a lot of people, so I enjoy drinking way more when I’m at home alone.

12. If a rat bites a piece of fruit, can we still eat it?

Yes, but I would skin and cook the rat first, it's safer that way.