Getting drunk, reading poems, a friend and an arrest, and the rules of Five Pound Hand

Two years sober

I gave up drinking for Lent of 2023, and kept going. Stopping drinking was the hardest thing I have ever done and the only thing I am unequivocally proud of. More on that here. If you would like to applaud me, may I suggest taking out a paid subscription to Greed? It’s the cost of the pint you can no longer buy me.

To mark the second anniversary of that…