The empty bottle rolled across the floor and came to a sudden stop with a clank against the leg of the table. I looked over to the couch and could see, if barely in the dusk light, the outline of a prone body. One arm thrown across his face, the other to the side and leaning on the floor, likely the source of the fallen bottle.
I shouldn't be surprised, I tell myself. The signs were there. The stress, the anger, the late nights, the depression, pills and finally drinking.
Stupid writing challenges.
Apparently this is part of a Writing Challenge. To see more, go to www.WeWorkForCheese.com . Today's theme is The Empty Bottle.
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Ha, ha great little tale. Who was it said I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy?
ReplyDeleteI think I heard it on MASH but I think it comes from long before.
DeleteDr. Demento lives in all of us!
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-kn0JG5p4
Ha ha ha amen to THAT!!!!
ReplyDeleteFunny how this theme keeps coming up.
DeleteAwesome! Pass that bottle!
ReplyDeleteScotch okay?
DeletePeople have been badmouthing Scotch in other comment threads during this competition. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one around here who appreciates a good glass of Scotch, Shawn.
DeleteWho was badmouthing scotch? Send me the link. I am going to straighten them out!
DeleteWriting challenges have a lot to answer for.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to come up with 28 excuses not to participate. It's turning into 28 blog posts.
DeleteWow. All that from a bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper. I knew that stuff would kill you.
ReplyDelete;)
Coca Cola and Diet Dr. Pepper. A nasty combination.
DeleteTake the Coke, add some rum, and save the Diet Dr. Pepper for after the challenge.
DeleteAin't it the truth? You notice I'm only writing every other day. Need a day in between to sober up!
ReplyDeleteI actually skipped a day. Had an idea but couldn't publish. It may happen again. At least it's not a leap year.
DeleteBig baby. It hasn't even been a week.
ReplyDeleteYou could've shared ya know.
I figure it will get worse in week two.
DeleteI would have shared. But I drank it all.
I love the writing challenges...plus, I'm out of vodka. :(
ReplyDeleteThe ads pay for the alcohol.
DeleteWell not really. Maybe eventually.
We're less than a week into the challenge, and I already feel kind of wiped out. This post is so very apt, Shawn.
ReplyDelete20 days to go and I have two stories written.
DeleteI think Nicky mistook the phrase "one day at a time" as a suggestion for a 28 day blog challenge. We're all out here dying for a drink after writing each post.
ReplyDeleteGets you every time.
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