CLEAR!

“Did you know Weedman’s in the hospital?” Daniel asked. “He fell asleep at the wheel. His life is really going down the tubes.”

Later, I called the hospital.  Weedman said, “I stayed up looking for just the right scene.” I didn’t want to know what the 'right scene' might be.  He added, “Before I knew it, it was 4:30 in the morning. I’d been watching porn for six hours.”

“How are you now?” I asked.

“I’m banged up, but the doc said I was lucky. He thinks if I’d been going just a little faster the crash would have killed me. I always thought only alcoholics and drug addicts die from their addictions.”

I said, “People addicted to gambling have a high rate of suicide.  Overeaters struggle with health problems that can kill them. A lot of people addicted to sex put themselves in dangerous situations as part of their ritual.”

After an awkward silence, Weedman said, “I’m grateful I’m alive, but Life is kicking me in the teeth.”

“Life charged up the paddles and hit you with enough shock to jolt you out of your denial. Maybe the shock hurt, but it may also have saved your life, and given you another chance.”

Weedman laughed, “I’ll try to be grateful for the great defibrillator of Life.”

Today I’ll be grateful when Life shocks me out of bad habits.  

Burnout Training ©2018 by Ken Montrose

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