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Monologue About Dumping

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I was kneeling on all fours, water cascading down my back and my face. I retched for what seemed like the 100th time that morning and spit out yet more bile and shame. As I wiped the water from my eyes, I caught my reflection in the metal plug of the shower I was dry-heaving in. What stared back was a gaunt face with dark dead eyes. It was only then that I audibly acknowledged what I've always known in my heart needed to happen. Whiskey, I'm leaving you. We both know this relationship had been going downhill for years. While we started out hot and heavy, with 19-year-old me dumping you in any soda at anytime, things have fizzled. This past weekend I didn't even plan on seeing you because I don't like who I am when we spend time together. Our paths only crossed because the wedding I attended ran out of beer and I was already drunk enough to where I wasn't going to stop drinking. That's like locking Pablo Sandoval in a Golden Corral after three days of fasting. Some over-indulgence was going to happen. …show more content…

I thought we could have a nice time on Saturday. Some memory loss and some vomit later, I knew that even after all this time, it's still just the same old story with us. Not to say it wasn't fun for a bit. No, I'll fully acknowledge that I'm having a blast in that picture of me dabbing with a double-helping of your brown goodness riding shotgun in my left hand. No denying it, for awhile it was lit. But each time we come back to each other things go sour; you're the OJ to my Nicole. If I don't get you completely away from me one day you'll leave me lifeless in my front yard. Or just passed out and covered in

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