The fear — Even worse than the hangover

Saturday, I celebrated my partner. It was her birthday. It had been a while since we had gotten properly drunk, but as we went through dinner and then had a few more drinks afterwards, we made a conscious decision that we would get drunk that night. We knew the price we’d have to pay the next day. And this is exactly what adulthood is about. Making conscious decisions, even if bad ones, as long as you know the fallout and can accept it.

AI has made this image more real than I wanted it to be…