At the conclusion of Rescue Me, with several charcters of the show inclusing Dennis Leary battling multiple addictions that have chewed up their lives, I was struck by the irony...
That as a person who has never drank or smoked or even tried drugs, I am nearly surrounded by people who have, or do. Friends, family, friends family. I don't mean to be uncomfortable around people who drink or do drugs. I feel left out. I feel abandoned. And now I know why. Drugs and alcohol take the people we love away from us.