Secret diaries of a young, drunk and clueless overthinker #4

The heartbreak of loving someone with a drinking problem...

1st January 2007

Brett and Josh lagged behind the whole time, we kept carrying on at normal speed. At the party Brett wanted to get drugs + Josh went downstairs with him a couple of times, then Josh lay back on the bed + fell asleep. Occasionally Brett popped in, talking about finding MDMA.

On the way back the two of them got left behind. I waited for them to catch up (we had been doing this on every corner so far) & Kai went off to catch up with Sara.

I rang Brett to see where he was, tried to explain where I was. He was drunk + useless, blaming us for leaving them. Early on he’d thrown drink all over Josh.

& Josh had been pissed off, but had forgiven him in the end. Justine + I, without talking about it, decided to leave them to themselves. This worked okay, we talked to Owen + Kai + Sara.

Brett was really drunk when they got back + Josh was pissed off with him or us. Kept saying “why were we even left by ourselves anyway? There’s not even any sushi left…”

For some reason they thought we’d been back for ages, drinking everything even though we’d taken all the booze to the party.

Brett kept saying that we’d drunk everything. He had that strange look on his face + had obviously gone to the dark side. He started winding Josh up + after a bit J said “Why are you doing this Brett? You’ve been pushing me + pushing me all night, leading me down dark cul-de-sacs, getting lost…”

Brett didn’t stop winding him up + they were both standing up, very confrontational, Brett all gleeful + Josh seriously pissed off. Justine got up + ran out, obviously upset. I was embarrassed + said “Brett, you’re being a dick, I’m embarrassed for you, now stop it.”