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This TBI has a silver lining.
Years and years ago, I'd quipped that I looked forward to senility, and not just because it'd include a built in excuse for anything inappropriate I did. Just think (err, really, just another accidental, but appreciated, pun), with a somewhat addled mind, all old favorites could be new again. I believe I still have a ways to go before that attainment, and I'm incredibly pleased with my degree of mental recovery, but in the first months after I was released from the hospital and recovery facility, a month after the accident, my perception was a bit more fuzzy than I realized at the time. One of the many problems with drunk driving is that, when drunk, people are utterly unqualified to recognize their drunkenness. In my recovery, I was clearly aware when I couldn't remember names far worse than even my inborn default, but I didn't necessarily have the judgement to realize when my judgement was off. It was in this time of a lot of rest and somewhat limited physical fr...
