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Stepping Up

By JFarrell

The last time I worked was 31^st March 2000

This Sunday, 6^th August 2017

I will be a barman at Wembley Stadium

For the start of the football season

My first day of work in a long time

From waste of space drunk to the FA Community Shield

In a little over three months

Can I really change? Can I make it?

Leave my alcoholism and past behind

And move into a new, brighter future?

The stadium seats ninety thousand people

I get anxious being around just one person

I am absolutely ‘bricking it’

But if I can cope with this

I’ll be able to cope with anything

I am 49 years old

Facing fears in a major way

Forcing my life into a new direction

I am stepping up to the plate

Let’s hope I don’t suck