Thursday

July 24, 2014

g-NAts

Nice guys
A couple of years went by before anyone heard from Mike.  The local papers announced he had been re-hired to coach football by the high school that had fired him three years earlier.  His brother had also applied for the job.

 

Today I will be grateful when the good guy wins.

Freebies

This week's freebie is the Kindle version of Hauling it to the Curb: Cleaning up your life in early recovery, available at  http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001K8MG0S

 

 

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Upcoming

Burnout: Clinical, Ethical, & Supervisory Issues
September 12, 2014 at Greenbriar-Robinson
9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m
$30 payable in advance, at the door, or by invoice after the training

This three hour training is accredited for:

• Addiction Counselors by the Pa. Certification Board
• CRCs  by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification # 11938191652 and 11938191653 (one hour Ethics portion)
• Counselors by NAADAC #477 and NBCC #6352
• EAPs by the Employee Assistance Certification Commission
• Social Workers by the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work.

Other Blogs

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Smart Bears, Angry Rats

Contributions welcome  75 years from now
               When the elevator door opened, Sammy was waiting for them, squeezing a few strands of hair between his thumb and forefinger.

"I think you're going to be happy with these," Sammy said smugly. 

"I think you found a brush or a comb with hair you hope fell out before you started using whatever drug you have been using," Ubutu said.  "We shall gather our own sample."  He motioned to Olsen, who plucked a hair from Sammy's head.

Sammy's face froze.  Several seconds passed before he said, "You can't go forward without me.  I am the cure for cancer."

"You are confused my friend," Ubutu said.  "You believe you are irreplaceable where you contribute – at work.  You contributed little where you couldn't be replaced - in your son's life."

"I am indispensable," Sammy said to Ubutu.  "You just don't know it yet."  He shivered, and pulled the hood of his sweatshirt over his head.

Olsen thought of a quote from the WWII French general, Charles de Gaulle. "The graveyard is full of indispensable men," he said to Sammy.

 

Today I will contribute where I can, and remember where I cannot be replaced.

Smart Bears, Angry Rats © 2014 by Ken Montrose