A decade ago I was a high-functioning alcoholic, a lifestyle that often ends badly.
I found moderation impossible, leaving abstinence as the only solution, so committed to a three-month lockdown in a rehabilitation facility.
It was fucked, but saved my life.
Anyway, I wrote a reflection on the journey inside.
I find transposing a thought to the written word provides clarity: thoughts are fleeting, jumbled, and truncated. A sentence, however, is permanent and precise.
At least, that's the theory.
So if you're tired of reading about all that other shit, take a break and walk with me through the House of the Outsiders, and I'll attempt to make sense of the stupidity of addiction.
We all know the dangers of excess, and we all know someone who ignores the warnings.
Then they tried to illegally imprison Australians.
And if you don't recognise an authoritarian police state, you really haven't been paying attention.
One more time for those in denial: the 14 points of Fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism.
The usual bullshit: patriotism, flag waving, beer drinking, a dickheaded prime minister wearing the national flag upsidedown as a mask, promoting nonexistent Australian Values, blah blah blah.
Fuck being a Quiet (submissive) Australian.
2. Religion and Government are Intertwined.
We don't have a prime minister: we have a religious minister.
And he believes (and preaches) that the rich are righteous and go to heaven and the poor are heathens and go to hell.