[ How & Why Do I Stay Sober? ]
[ It’s Not Because I Found A Field Covered With Four Leaf Clover ]

[ Every Day That I Do Not Take A Drink ]
[ That Is Another Day That My Head Is Not In The Sink ]
[ Or Spend One Minute Living On The Brink ]

[ Of Ruining My Life ]
[ Because I Cherish My Son & Wife ]
[ & I Want To Continue To Write ]

[ In College I Became A Week-End Drinker ]
[ But That Didn’t Cause Me To Be A Foggy Thinker ]

[ It Did Seem That I Got Drunk Really Quick ]
[ I Was Always Thankful That Come Morning ]
[ I Never Had A Hangover Or Got Sick ]

[ I Never Did Aquire A Taste For Beer Or Wine ]
[ Even When We Went Out To Dine ]
[ I Took That As A Good Sign ]

[ I Don’t Think That I Ever Had A Drink When We Were Out About The Town ]
[ I Never Threw Up Or Fell Down ]
[ I Never Was Mistaken Me For A Clown ]

[ My Dad Shot Himself When He Came Home Drunk From The Bar ]
[ @ Least He Didn’t Kill Anybody With His Car ]
[ The Walk Home Was Not Very Far ]

[ Not Far Enough To Sober Up ]
[ I Wish The Bar Would Has Given My Dad A Full Coffee Cup ]

[ That’s One Of The Reasons Why Alcohol Has No Place In My Life ]
[ I’m So Thankful I Have A Like-Minded Thinking Wife ]
[ Alcohol Caused No Strife ]

[ I’ve Celebrated With Alcohol Once In The Last 34 Years ]
[ Getting Hooked & Addicted Brings Me No Fears ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Pushes People To Tears ]

[ Alcohol Alcohol, It’s Not For Me ]
[ Being An Alcoholic Is Not Something That I Will Be ]
[ If I Was Ever Doubted ]
[ I Would Say (LOOK @ MY PAST HISTORY) ]

[ Are You Always Able ]
[ To Push Your Chair Away From The Table? ]

[ If Others Were Drinking ]
[ Would That Cause You To Start Thinking? ]

[ Thinking About Which Way To Go? ]
[ Are You Confident About Being Strong? ]
[ Would You Ever Know ]
[ What Would Happen If You Were Wrong? ]

[ Would You Have Any Kind Of A Plan? ]
[ Do You Remember The Last Time That This Happened? ]
[ You Ran ]

[ You Would Hope So ]

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~ Ka hopena ~

[  Mahalo E Ka hoa  ]
[  A hui hou  ]
[  Aloha  ]

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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