EMPTY

by Anyone (who drinks)

I feel so empty today. I have no ideas, no ambition, no plans. Let the world go by, just leave me alone. Don’t tell me anything new. It is too much strain on my mind.

But I do get tired of myself. I know I should mow the lawn or at least straighten up this room. I would watch some television,but these days the programs don't make much sense. It is hard to think when I have this buzz in my mind.

I get confused so easily. I tried to pay some utility bills yesterday, but I couldn’t find my checkbook. I don’t even know if I have any money left in the bank. It takes a lot of money to buy enough beer each week. But I have to have beer. Alcohol is my life.

I didn’t plan for it to be this way. I used to have energy, hope, enthusiasm. Where did it go? Maybe those people were right to tell me not to drink so much. But now I can’t stop. I guess I am addicted. Every cell in my body craves alcohol.

I know I must be ruining my liver. That’s what some people say. But usually I feel pretty good. I haven’t been sick in a long time. I’m probably lucky, and I won’t get cancer or anything serious. Yet I worry about it sometimes.

Sometimes I wish someone would make me stop drinking. I can’t do it myself now. I’ve gone too far, been drinking for too many years. I didn’t plan to do that. But now I am too proud to ask anyone for help. That would make me look weak.

It is important to appear strong. People despise you if you look weak. My neighbors must admire my determination to take life easy. They have to go to work every day, but I can stay home and sleep... and drink... and sleep some more.

Oh, sometimes I am so tired of myself. Yet it was tiring to work at that department store. They made me do all the heavy lifting. They wouldn’t pay me what I wanted. I am worth more than minimum wage. Can’t they see that?

This world isn’t fair. They put down people like me. The government sometimes gives me money because they think I am handicapped, unable to work. But I’m really pretty strong. I like to deceive the government and get all the free stuff I can.

My life is still empty. I don’t want to do anything, and I wonder why. Someday I’ll figure it out if I think about it enough. Right now, I feel sleepy. I’ll get another can of beer and then take a nap. That’s the best thing to do. That’s what I enjoy. Everyone should do what they enjoy, right? Then you feel peaceful and calm... but empty.


ANSWERS FROM THE BIBLE
The person who strays from common sense will end up in the company of the dead. Prov. 21:16 NLT

Those who love pleasure become poor; wine and luxury are not the way to riches. Proverbs 21:17 NLT

for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. Proverbs 24:16 NIV