The H-Bomb and Dating

I remember a girl I was dating right after I graduated from college.  She was a girl who was a singer in a country band and she was a hottie.  She was also a wild one in bed.  Man she did some crazy stuff!

We weren't too serious.  We both were in it for fun, partying and sex.  I don't think either one of us wanted to settle down so it was nice to find someone who was on the same page as I was.  

One night she said that there was something I should know, and my heart dropped because I figured she was going to drop the H-Bomb (H Bomb: When someone you are sleeping with tells you they have the herpes.) on me. I felt my heart sink and a knot in my stomach.  I braced myself and told her to tell me what was on her mind.  What I heard next was a mixed bag of feelings.  Elations followed by concern.  She just thought I should know that not too long ago she was addicted to pain pills and she thought she was an alcoholic. My first thought was "Thank God! I am disease free!".  My next thought was "That's it?  Isn't that what singers are supposed to do? Drugs and alcohol.  No biggie." 

I asked her if there was anything I could do to help.  She said "No, it is ok."  Then we had sex.  We messed around for about 3 more months.  I never saw her pop any pills, but I saw her drink a ton. Honestly, it didn't bother me.  I drank too and her drinking and pill-popping never was a problem, at least not when she was around me.  We parted our separate ways when her band went to Nashville to try and make it big.  They never did and I never saw her again.