I didn't like the way he said it. Some type of fucked up self-righteousness that was profound to me. He said he used to be; now, he proclaims he is not. But that has never made sense to me. If one was an alcoholic one will forever be. One just chooses not to drink alcohol any longer. And the same with smoking. If one smoked cigarettes, one will always be a cigarette smoker; but now, one just chooses not to smoke cigarettes any longer.
The only ones that can avow that they are not either of the alcohol or cigarette addicts are the ones that have never been addicted to either one or to both.
And he had been both at one time; yet, he spoke of both like some vile entity that he could have never thought to have been.
My father-in-law stating, "A person who smokes and is an alcoholic ain't shit!" And All I could think is, "Ain't that the pot calling the mothah fuckin kettle, 'Black Ass'?"
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