Behind Enemy Lines

The reality of trying to survive using white-knuckled sobriety a minute at a time.

Dear Son,

There’s a saying I picked up in early sobriety — one of those gritty truths you only hear in circles where people are trying like hell to stay alive:

“When you’re in your head, you’re behind enemy lines.”

At first, I laughed along with everyone else.
Later — when I was alone, restless, and thinking myself into a corner — it stopped being funny.

Bec…