The First Time
The next morning, I ran group. A woman nicknamed NarCanadian for her Toronto
roots and tendency to overdose, said, “You know that saying, what doesn’t kill
me makes me stronger? I wish those things had made me wiser instead.”
“You’re here now,” I said. “Maybe you didn’t learn the first
time, but you wised up eventually.”
Rather than dwell on what they were slow to learn, I asked
them list things they learned the first time.
“The drill instructor doesn’t think you’re funny.”
“Don’t tell the state trooper he can’t look in your trunk if
all he’s said so far is ‘hello’.”
“You shouldn’t fill out your tax return when you’re high. And
weed is not an allowable business expense, even if you list your occupation as
‘dealer’.”
“Don’t pee on an electric fence, no matter how much someone
bets you that you won’t.”
“And you all wised up after the first time,” I said. “Let’s
hope we all do the same with each new lesson Life teaches us.”
Today I hope to learn my lesson the first time.
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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