Cheers- If I Drank,I Would Be Alone

No I don't drink anymore.I miss the idea of going somewhere were everyone knows my name.I miss it sometimes,drinking to have a good time all in the name of good clean fun.The power of positive drinking.As,you may be able to tell from my poem,life is not what it used to be.I changed.My whole idea of freedom means something different to me now.My mental health isn't so good but,I have hope in my abilities,my skills and my truths.Telling strangers personal things.I am free.

I grew up watching Cheers with my mother's boyfriends.I never had a dad.So I ended up working as a dishwasher in the bar and restaurant of my youth.Almost,everyone drank. From the Bartenders to the Waitress' and the Cooks were proud of being social creatures.I am dreadfully shy and was viewed as sullen and quiet.I will always remember the good people I did come in contact with.I always had a childish vision of what heaven was like,it is like working in the bar everyone playing a part.I pictured those people in heaven.Me meeting them again in heaven. Camaraderie was very powerful to a young man's mind.Enjoy!

1. G. Portnoy & J. Hart Angelo- Cheers ('Where Everybody Knows Your Name')
2. Billy Joel- Piano Man
3. John Lee Hooker- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
4. Regina Spektor- Summer In The City
5. Eight To The Bar- Jersey Girl
6. Derroll Adams- 24 Hour Day
7. The Rolling Stones- Country Honk
8. Minor Threat- Out Of Step
9. Pokey LaFarge- Keep Your Hands Off My Gal
10. Tom Waits- Saturday Night Fish Fry/Pasties And A G-String
11. Frank Sinatra- Drinking Again
12. Joe Jackson- 'Round Midnight
13. Dave Van Ronk- Candyman
14. Jack Elliott- Ain't It a Shame
15. Tom Waits- Goin' Down Slow
16. John Prine- Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
17. Simon Joyner- My Life Is Sweet
18. George Waldrop- Suicidal Ideation Blues