Corking the Bottle

The University of Louisville women's basketball team beat Connecticut last night by nine points. With that win came a reminder to me about not drinking and  about living in the present. Huh? UConn beat Louisville 17 straight times, including twice in the national championship. I was there yesterday to watch that dreadful streak end. (Sorry if you are from Connecticut.) Those 17 wins were clobberings. The Cardinals couldn't come close. I can't remember if I drank away my sorrows after the previous losses -- but I might have. I am grateful I didn't even consider a celebratory drink after last night's game. Drinking away a loss or after a win is senseless. And how about a drink to forget the 17 losses? What for? They no longer count. They are in the past. "We will not forget the past nor wish to shut the door on it." (Big Book, page 83) No longer is my team 0-17. Now we are 1-0! The present is all that counts.

Home basketball season opened last night for the University of Louisville women's basketball team. I have been a season ticket holder for several years, just a few rows up in the corner of the KFC Yum! Center. We have made the final four three times, including last year, and played in the national championship twice, getting clobbered both times by Connecticut. Ugh!  I enjoyed the game last night immensely, We beat Miami (Ohio) by 22 points. What made the game so great was that I watched it completely sober. I missed a few games in the past because I was too drunk. One time I went and forgot where I parked the car. During the first round of the NCAA tournament last spring, which we hosted here, I saw us beat Boise State, but I was only half there. I didn't make it to game 2. On the way there, I rear-ended a car and woke up in the  emergency room. I wasn't hurt, but I was completely out of it. I don't remember the accident or the ambulance ride. So, how fun was dri...