The morning after the Morning After
This is one of those corny theories that I’ll put forward and get thrashed about. There simply isn’t enough research to the contrary but these are strictly my views and my views alone. Imagine waking up with a splitting headache, a horrid hangover and virtually no memory of what (in many cases, who) you were doing last night. The morning after is horrible, spent with friends/willing accomplices/bystanders/innocent kids trying to piece together exactly what the heck happened last night. After the details start getting less murky, the real work starts. Getting stone drunk never really helped anyone out and never did much for anyone’s dignity. But since the immature you did it anyway and made a ranting raving fool, the only way out is damage control. Getting drunk in college is a far riskier proposition than that of the corporate affairs. At least you know that you’ll reach home safe and sound. So the real work entails saying sorry to multiple people, again and again, repeatedly. This shouldn’t really be difficult unless you were a shameless pervert who actually enjoys losing the last 2 hours of every night involved in drunken revelry. Given the gravity of your actions and the extent of the damage, it’s always a good idea to say sorry first and then explain. Never wiggle out of any situation or put the blame on something else. Everybody, and by everybody, I mean every single human being with a beating heart has gotten stone drunk and secretly enjoyed it. Empathy isn’t going to be in short supply and you just have to get swept in it, acknowledge a lapse in your judgment and move on. The great thing about acknowledging your own mistakes is that it helps us grow as both people and humans. And as a wise old sage said to me after my last drunken debacle (there have been others), its better to say sorry, mean it and move on rather than saying sorry for the rest of your life. Thank you DB and every1 else who helped me out on the night of 26th. Of the myriad people that I pissed off and inconvenienced, I extend my sincerest apologies.
Now, comes the real part of this post. The morning after the morning after. If you have ever been in a position like me, you’ll surely appreciate this theory. The morning after the morning after, if it provided the right catalyst will serve as the antidote to the morning after. After you are done with the hard work of calling up, apologizing, redoing all of it again to make sure, sending remorseful signs et al, the morning after the morning after will serve as a welcome destination to wake up to. Of course, no damage is permanent and this experience will expedite the healing. In fact the very act of waking up and knowing that it is indeed the morning after the morning after will make things easier
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