MondayJanuary 26, 2015

The Prodigal Father

A year after the final group meeting, I ran into Seal at an AA meeting. She was very unhappy that Tony died but his father got sober.  She pointed out that Mike was the one who introduced Tony to booze and drugs. Mike drank the whole time Tony was struggling to get clean. Mike dragged Tony to the casino, not the other way around.

“You’re still sober,” I said to her when I saw her at an AA meeting. “Why not focus on that?”

“My life is so much better,” she said, “but I can’t help but think it should be Tony enjoying his sobriety. Every time I see Mike smiling and laughing at a meeting I wanna smack him.”

 “You’re going to want to smack me, but I gotta say this -- letting someone who’s down pull you down makes no sense.  Letting somebody who’s up pull you down makes even less sense. You need to come to your senses and enjoy what you have.”

Today I will remember, letting up people pull me down makes no sense.

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