… no, I’m not an alcoholic. I have, however, suffered with and am in recovery from both an almost twenty year-long addiction “creature” of my own and a complicated mental illness. For that reason, I made the personal decision to lead a sober lifestyle and had my last drop of alcohol on March 26, 2021, at 4:40pm at the Tennessee Legend Distillery in Nashville. Yes, I know the exact date and time because I have proof via a credit card receipt. Lol. It was a mini shot sized sampling of “Peanut Butter Cup Whiskey” … and then … I was done! My decision was made in support of not just Ivan’s “SOBER AS FUCK” journey and platform, but anyone else who is fighting that fight, not the least of which is someone very close to me who has yet to recognize his own tragic truths, and yet another who already has.”

(“The Tragic Truth Revisited“)

And so, with that, in keeping with the “love songs” of and to myself, here’s yet another one, if not the most powerful one:

Dear ME

(… My Life … AND My Babies):

I don’t want to close my eyes. I don’t want to fall asleep, ’cause I’d miss you, babe, and I don’t want to miss a thing! ‘Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do. I’d still miss you, babe, and I don’t want to miss a thing! Bye everyone, it’s me … CAT! Cheers to me on this fifth anniversary of staying IN all of this … win, lose, or draw … good, bad, and ugly … and NOT missing a single moment of any of it!