Fawlty Showers 2

From This Day Forward

After group the older man came to my office. He put DD on his lap and scratched him between the ears. We sat in silence for a long moment.

Finally, he said, “My company has done some awful things. I’ve signed off on shady projects, knowing I should try to stop them. A lot of my drinking is me drowning my conscience.”

“We were talking about slogans and sayings in group,” I said. “One of my favorites is ‘from this day forward.’  On any given day you can decide to make a change.”

Another long silence ensued. He seemed to be a thoughtful man drowning in regret.

“Won’t be easy,” he said, “but I guess any day can be the first day of ‘from this day forward.’ Seems like a blessing.”

“From this day forward,” I said. “Stop drinking, follow your conscience.”

When he left my office I wondered if I needed to change something from that day forward.

 

Today will be the first day of ‘from this day forward.’

 

Fawlty Showers 2 is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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