Life is too Short

This post is for people between sixteen and fifty years old. Everything happens for a reason in life, remember that.

"Life is short, painful, exciting, and devastating. Life is a privledge, we should cherrish our lives and enjoy them to the fullest" Marina Efstathiadis

A man outside the subway station was drinking a mickey of vodka in a brown paper bag. His name was Fred. Fred was an alcoholic. He was dressed in a baggy grey sweater and dark denim jeans. Fred had money, his clothes proved that. His beard needed to be shaved and his hair needed a haircut.

Fred was happily married for three years, he also has a two year old son. Fred lost his family in a car crash that was his fault. He was drunk and drove the car off a bridge. Fred was the only survivor, his wife died from interior bleeding and his son died from a head injury. Fred has been devastated for the past two years because he knew the death of his family could have been prevented.

Fred unfortunately lost his job but is now getting paid unemployment. He is invovled in AA meetings for his addiction - alcohol. Fred never used to be an alcoholic, but he started drinking due to the death of his mother.

Fred was a great father and a great husband. He took his son everwhere, his wife out for special dinners every weekend, and was even promoted at work. He was a coach for a recreational soccer team and played on a team himself.

Fred's life has been going downhill since the car crash. His father, past co-workers, and friends are devastated and scared for Fred's life. He finds that there is no point to life now, that he should have died too. He is slowly trying to kill himself because he is in so much agony. He is doing it slow so that he can feel pain, just like the pain he caused his wife and son.

Fred is determined to be with his family again, no matter the consequences, or pain it takes.