Mercury in Retrograde

[Drunk Monk]

My neighbor across the street is losing it. He's the raging alcoholic surfer. His girlfriend, who I used to get the freshest organic eggs from (they have 30 chickens) left with their son a few weeks ago when he fell off the wagon. There's been a bunch of guys trying to support him - they took him away earlier this week - but now he's just yelling 'get the fuck away from me.' 

We're neighbors but not really friends. We've talked - after his last 'recovery' he came by with the standard AA apology and I've offered what help I could. Now I don't have the bandwidth. Hopefully his circle can corral him before he hurts himself or someone else.

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His friends left. He’s cleaning stuff in the yard and talking violently to himself

I was going to eat on the veranda because it’s a beautiful sunny day here in the Cruz but I decided to stay out of his way