| Friday, October 22, 2010 9:11AM | | | | The Defiant Ones | Posted By: Lauren Davis
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I spend a lot of time with people like me, who want to stay sober one day at a time, and nearly every day I'm reminded of just how defective our perceptions and judgments are.
For example, a while ago a young man trying to stay sober called me from another city and told me he was calling to "tell on himself," meaning he needed to tell someone he was thinking of doing something he knew wasn't in his best interests.
"What's up?" I said.
 oh, the allure...
"I'm waiting for a friend to go out to dinner, she'll be here in about half an hour, and I'm going to wait in a bar."
"Why on earth would you do that?"
"I want to watch the baseball game."
"So, you, a self-admitted alcoholic with barely three months sober, and some considerable legal problems to sort out, think it's a good idea to spend half an hour, not going for a walk, not going to a bookstore, not sitting on a bench and watching the whole wonderful world go by, but sitting in a bar. That makes sense to you. Do I have it right?"
"I really want to see part of the game."
"More than you want to stay sober?"
"I'm not going to drink," he said, rather peevishly. "I'm just going to have a soda."
"Well, since you've called me, I'm going to suggest you NOT go into that bar. Don't go anywhere near that bar. Bars are not safe places for recovering alcoholics, no matter how we justify it to ourselves. If you don't want to get wet, it's best to stay out of the swimming pool."
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