Bucky Sinister, writing in The Bold Italic:
That’s when I got it. What is there to do sober? Everything there is to do drunk, it turns out. I had no idea that people went to dinner without drinks, went to movies sober, and saw bands without being high. I really thought that everyone who wasn’t a fundamentalist drank as much as I did. Not only could I do things sober, there were no negative consequences, and I actually remembered what I had done that night. […]
There was another big difference I hadn’t noticed before: my attention span. Drunk Me could stay on the same barstool for eight hours, from after work to last call. Sober Me needed more stimulation. I went back to the comedy clubs, poetry readings, and rock shows, but often I could hit two in one night, rather than being so blitzed after one that the second was impossible. Still, I’d often get restless upon entering a venue, places where I’d encounter bad memory ghosts or a bartender who’d once told me to leave.
Really great piece, read all of it.