Vodka, My Love, We Had Some Fun

A Breakup Letter To Booze

My love, I do not pen this letter lightly, but with anguish and pain, every word a stab in my heart. Although one could not fairly call one or two drinks a week a ‘committed’ relationship, you’ve been an enormous part of my life.

I want you to know that the joy you have brought me has been unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life. You arrived like a hurricane at a time when I most needed you.

But despite our long history together, the time has come for us to go our separate ways.

It pains me deeply to write the very words I may regret for eternity.

You were loyal. You were always by my side, full of empathy and understanding and you taught me life’s most important lessons.

Once upon a time, I believed that our love would endure the test of time, that nothing could separate us. The thought of cutting you out of my life was simply unthinkable. How does one bid farewell to such a loyal loved one?

You were always able to bring out in me my best qualities and you never failed to magically transform the negative into the positive.

While the pain of being apart will leave my heart deeply scarred, for all of the good times, I will be eternally grateful.

There is a part of me that will always love you, that will always want you.

Sadly, with menopause in full swing, it simply cannot be. Our relationship has become impossible. The very thought of you lately, brings with it a pain that reaches deep and clings to me, literally tearing me apart inside.

Saying goodbye brings me to tears and I know it will be among the most painful things I will ever have to endure. But living with you means living with enormous doses of Estradiol, and despite the heartache, I must do what is best for both of us. I must find the courage to finally heal.

A small part of me dies as I write this impossibly difficult letter and my grieving heart is filled with sorrow, shattered into a million pieces. Still, I’ll always treasure those special moments we spent together.

Though we will forever be parted, I will continue to pray for your happiness. I will forever cherish and draw strength from the fond memories we shared.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that this day would come. Never could I have foreseen our future, our eternal flame, extinguished like the final candle on a birthday cake. Life with you was a beautiful, joyous dream, but alas, one must awaken from dreams and face reality. And while our love can never be rekindled, I know that in time, there will be others, new loves, weed, sugar, something, but, I will always remember the love we shared. 

Perhaps someday, in another place, another lifetime, we will be together again. But until then, my dearest first love, I bid thee, adieu.