Ah, I do remember you! It's good to see you back.

This is raw, but in a good way. I would say you can definitely write as a sober man. ♥

One of my friends used to say, we don't wake up one day and decide, "this is it, I'm going to stick the landing, I'm not going to die", but we choose moment by moment, and it's that cascade of choices that makes it work.