How 'The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies' High Kicked My Sobriety

I'm in mourning for the end of The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. NPR's Morning Edition reported this week that the old-fashioned musical revue, whose poster boasts, "The world record for the oldest chorus line!" will close this month after a 23-year run. That's almost as many years as I drank. I saw the show eight years ago when I was in Palm Springs, CA on a 60-day "extended vacation," a.k.a. rehab. It occurs to me now that I was in mourning when I sat in the audience -- mourning for my life a...