Too Many Words

what are the twelve steps 
out of this addiction that subsumes 
Twelve and Steps 
they're both brewed of the same stuff 
and I'm sitting down to drink 
and maybe make a couple more 
since I'm always in the mood 
are they optional? 
what might a teetotaler look like? 
does a vow of silence require 
knowing and committing to the 
definition of "vow" and of "silence"? 
seems to slip into regurgitation 
of the never unlearned 
fate of the letter