By Matt Scarpelli

As I sit here the clock turns 12 midnight. February is officially over & March begins. My month of sobriety comes to an end. I’m cracking open a beer for the first time since January 29th. This years month of sobriety started early, I did not start my sobriety early on purpose. On January 29th I was inebriated beyond compare. To my dismay my recovery time from a hangover of this magnitude was not as expeditious as I would have liked. I was actually hung-over until February 2nd. By the time I felt good again February was already rolling. So now as I sip my beer I ponder what sobriety taught me. Every year it teaches me something different.

It’s no secret why I choose February every year to go dry. I do it to prove to myself that I’m not an alcoholic. The reason I chose February to take the month off is because it’s the shortest month. Usually the last five days of the month I’m a real dick. This year was different, I didn’t become an asshole. I probably could have gone another week or two. But, when the alarm on my phone went off and I looked at my appointment planner on the phone it said “HAVE A DRINK!!!”. Since one of goals this Soberuary was to follow through and keep all my appointments. I really had no choice.

It might sound like I made an excuse to have a drink again. But the one thing I did learn this Soberuary . Wait how do you like Soberuary thing I just came up with that, well two lines ago, I did you know in the last paragraph. Wow I caught a buzz off one beer. That’s another good thing it’s really cheap for me to drink in March cause I’m light weight now. Now that I digressed my point was I learned an easy way to lose 15lbs. I’m just kidding but it’s true I do look better 15lbs. lighter. I have also learned that I don’t need to drink.

I JUST LIKE TO!!!