Maybe, I thought, after a few months of sobriety, you could successfully smoke marijuana again, or maybe every anniversary you got to have one glass of a perfectly chilled California Chardonnay.

“But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatific…”

“[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer;…”

“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. O…”

“Life is like a nice fresh batch of Swiss cheese. Note to self: savor the holes,…”