No personal tale is complete without bringing
the narrative, poetic or prose down to its last moment, or conclusion. In this
case a working reformed drunkard. I can say now there appears in my system no
organic need for alcohol. My chemistry does no longer demand it. I have weighted it now for thirty-years! But
I reached the conclusion, I will drink as I need it, but I have no need for it.
You see first it becomes a habit of mind, then it changes one’s chemistry, to
be a physical craving. Not so unlike tobacco, or cocaine, or morphine. I’ve
discovered most drinkers do not drink alone; it is a social custom, then a
habit, then a must. So we have three needs: mental, social and physical. So what is my problem? I do not care to revisit all those drunken
days of yesteryear that is why I do not drink. I can’t find the word in the
dictionary, but my sobriety means all the words in the dictionary what they are
meant to mean. I want nobody or anything to control me; never again, I have buried
white logic. Let Mr. Barleycorn, sleep
soundly!
Dr. Dennis L. Siluk’s has published 72-International Book. He is a poet since twelve years old, a writer, Psychologist, Ordained Minister, Decorated Veteran from the Vietnam War, Doctor in Arts and Education, and Doctor Honoris Causa from the National University of Central Peru, UNCP. He was nominated Poet Laureate in Peru. One of his books, “The Galilean”, took Honorable Mention at the 2016 Paris Book Festival and received an award from the Congress of Peru, for his cultural writings.
