Saturday, February 15^th, 2020

Nothing Personal

Jack didn’t really stumble into the AA meeting, he shuffled.

“Before anybody says anything,” Jack said, “I’m on prescribed medication, that’s why I’m moving a little slow.”

 “Have you talked to your sponsor about the cough syrup?” I asked. “You’re not taking it as prescribed.”

“He said I relapsed, and I should change my clean date. He wanted me to start working the steps again. I told him I was getting a new sponsor.”

Jack’s sponsor was a Korean War vet named Emilio that everyone called Yoda because he was wise and looked a little like the Jedi master. I couldn’t believe Jack had rejected his advice.

I thought I’d learned to detach from other people’s recovery and addiction, never taking anyone’s relapse personally. Jack’s relapse was killing me.  “Jesus is going to be your new sponsor,” I said. “I swear, I’m gonna send you to that big rehab in the sky.”

“You’re making a mountain out of a molehill,” he said. We argued until the meeting started. I had to let it go.

Today I won’t take it personally.

2020 Vision ©2017 by Ken Montrose

2020 Vision is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

Other works by Ken Montrose are available at: www.greenbriartraining.com https://www.pinterest.com/kenmontrose/mt-rose/