I'm a lot calmer now

A friend of mine leaned over to me at the coffee shop the other day and asked, "So, do you take... medication or anything?"

"Well, I take blood pressure medicine," I replied. "But if you mean antidepressants or anything like that" - and he nodded affirmatively - "no, I'm just like this naturally."

Several months ago, someone told me I had the personality of someone who smoked a pound of weed a week.

I take both of these anecdotes as signs of progress. Those of you who knew me ten or twelve years ago, when I threw things and punched holes in walls with my fist, will appreciate the difference.

I'm a lot calmer now.