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Fifty Word Challenge #39: Moderation

Liked it from the first sip Held the bottle like a rattle More more more! The beer that made Milwaukee famous Before I had teeth

Hot fudge sundaes with Crème de menthe Apple wine with dinner Whisky in cars with boys Liquid courage Sometimes it’s easier to quit than moderate

Moderation is great if it works for you. It was no fun for me. Who wants to eat just one potato chip?! Here’s more on why I quit drinking and never looked back.

Thanks to Jonica Bradley for this thrifty word challenge.

I like writing for The Bad Influence because I am a natural born trouble-maker.

Karen’s goals for 2021 include finishing her MFA thesis and dressing like a Star Trek alien from a utopian planet. Her Creative Nonfiction and poetry have appeared in Brevity, NPR’s The New Normal, Straw Dog Writer’s Guild Pandemic Poetry and Prose, Multiplicity and Voices of the Valley Anthology.