There is always someone who gives a gift that we refuse. Today’s Daily Dose is about accepting the gift, it is entitled Neon Sobriety.

Neon Sobriety

Grudgingly I sat down, overhead lights casting cheap neon shadows onto the pealing paint.

Jim’s yellow eyes and jaundiced skin repulsed me as he spoke about his kidneys and liver, useless because of alcohol abuse. The last day was today, to share his story.

His stare bored into my skull, anxiety invading every cell of my being, emotions raw and exploding inside of me.

His story of struggle spoken just for me. I wanted to run away, if I left I would be exiled I would be drunk again.

So I sat.

His last words touched me, giving me sobriety