Treating People Kind

I went to bed. Dr. Deb was still awake, reading a book.  She asked me about Katie. I told her my first sponsor had said when someone dies, the first thing you should do is call up three good memories of that person.

“What do you remember about Kate?” Dr. Deb asked me.

“We were at a diner after an AA meeting. Some new guy gave the waitress a nasty answer when she asked him to repeat his order.  After the waitress walked away, Kate took a spoon and splashed steaming hot coffee onto his arm. He asked her what the hell she was doing. She told him he was going to apologize to the waitress or she would dump the whole cup onto his lap.”

“Did he apologize?”

 “He stomped out of the diner never to be seen again.”

“Why is that one of your favorite memories?”

“Katie set a good example, sticking up for that waitress. Even though he left, she gave the new guy something to think about.  Other newcomers heard the story and the message. Being newly sober, maybe struggling with withdrawal or the mess you’ve made of your life, isn’t a good reason to treat people badly.”

Today I won’t use my problems as an excuse to treat others badly.

Dogged Determination ©2018 by Ken Montrose

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

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