I love your transparency here in walking us through your various versions of the ending, your attempts to recast the story, and how the truth comes out.
I've been writing my soon-to-be released chapters about when I decided to stop drinking, and wow, our stories are remarkably similar. Not just for the universal mechanisms of addiction, but even in the language that you used—and also for your list of realizations. Here's mine:
Sex is Better Sober ...and 19 other ways that alcohol became obsolete:
My final take is that monogamy or no, it should be a conscious choice versus one we accept as a given.
Also, every relationship is different, and we’d be wise to allow each one to exist on its own terms versus trying to force it into an archaic model that stifles versus serves its inhabitants.
I love your transparency here in walking us through your various versions of the ending, your attempts to recast the story, and how the truth comes out.
I've been writing my soon-to-be released chapters about when I decided to stop drinking, and wow, our stories are remarkably similar. Not just for the universal mechanisms of addiction, but even in the language that you used—and also for your list of realizations. Here's mine:
Sex is Better Sober ...and 19 other ways that alcohol became obsolete:
https://bowendwelle.substack.com/p/sex-is-better-sober
I am left wondering your final take on non- monogamy for yourself. Yay or nay?
My final take is that monogamy or no, it should be a conscious choice versus one we accept as a given.
Also, every relationship is different, and we’d be wise to allow each one to exist on its own terms versus trying to force it into an archaic model that stifles versus serves its inhabitants.