Blackouts and Breakdowns by Rosenberg Mark Brennan

Author:Rosenberg, Mark Brennan [Rosenberg, Mark Brennan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies & Memoirs
ISBN: 9780981742410
Publisher: Willie Brennan
Published: 2011-08-24T07:00:00+00:00

ADVENTURES IN SOBRIETY

Imagine a summer filled with fabulous trips to the beach, weekend excursions to the mountains and a fabulous group of friends that hung on your every word. Imagine having a successful doctor as a boyfriend and having the best sex of your life. Imagine if you will, living in a world without any consequences and having the time of your life. Now imagine, not remembering half of it.

By the summer of 2008, my drinking had taken on a life of its own. I was constantly partying and carrying on, while ignoring the important aspects of my life. I felt I had tried to make it work in D.C., where I was living at the time, but the two of us were simply not a fit. I am a New Yorker after all, and as far as I am concerned, there is nowhere else to live. I had moved to D.C. on a whim and after less than a year, I was done. My real friends were in New York and I knew if I had just put forth a little more effort, I would be back where I belonged, living the life I had always imagined I would lead. But the truth was, I had more than enough time and plenty of opportunities to have that life and ended up pissing it away either by making bad decisions or conducting inappropriate behavior wherever I went. I had all but given up any dream of returning to New York. I would talk about moving back, and take an occasional interview, but I was not putting forth the effort required to make a happy life for myself. I was twenty-five years old, waiting tables and not doing much to become the respected adult that I thought I deserved to be. My life had turned into a constant bar crawl, hopping from bar to bar, flirting with acquaintances and making false promises to myself, and everyone around me. The only thing I began looking forward to was having that first drink, but one drink always led to many and in a short time it became clear to everyone around me that a problem was brewing, literally.

The final night of my nine-month bar crawl in D.C., and what I hope to be the final night I ever drank, was one of the most embarrassing nights of my life. It was a Saturday in October and I was pulling a double at the cafe. In the morning, we were serving brunch, but that night, we were hosting the Miss Adams Morgan Day Pageant. The Miss Adams Morgan Day Pageant is a yearly event that brings drag queens from around the world to Washington D.C. to compete for the prize of Miss Adams Morgan. I am not exactly sure what this entails (I think they win a years supply of hairspray and a Sham-Wow or something lame like that), but it is a pretty big deal for the area and everyone said it was to be the party of the year.

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