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Comment on Another Case of Cannot by Syd

Syd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:00 +0000

Sad about Terry, very sad. The solution was right there, yet for some reason it eluded him. I wish that were not the case.

Comment on Another Case of Cannot by BonesXXX

BonesXXX — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:57:21 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story and how it’s going in your life today. Looking forward to featuring your blog at midnight tonight EST…
Thanks again!
Bones

Comment on Another Case of Cannot by Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:04:34 +0000

Dying doesn’t really scare me either. But the despair and the not being able to get sober again do. I was a chronic relapser for years and years and never put together anything like 3 years, let alone was ever happy about it. And I realize that the quality of life changes over time. I’ve certainly had some rough patches, but hope I never lose sight of the fact that my life is exponentially better now.

Comment on Another Case of Cannot by the other cj

the other cj — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:44:29 +0000

The death part of the story doesn’t really scare me…. we’re all going to die sooner or later (and I’ve been living with hiv since 1992, so the grim specter of death finally got bored with me, I guess). But, the suffering before the death, the last impulse before the trigger was pulled–that is what saddens me. I’ve been there a few times in my life. The hurt, and the nothing that flip that switch are too much for me to think about on a Friday before bed….

Despair is the “sickness unto death”… but there is a cure, and we have it. It may only be a daily reprieve, but today is all we have to work with, so for me, it is enough.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Comment on Another Case of Cannot by m2

m2 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:04:29 +0000

i am sorry for your loss.

these things should scare the hell out of us! we are just a short space away from picking up at any moment — and that space MUST be filled with a power greater than ourselves.

(at least that’s what i’ve discovered these past 2 years)

i feel for the people who have a hard time “getting back” – it pains me when one of my sponsees in particular goes at least 4 or more days without reaching out. i know what she’s doing. i can’t give her a dose of willingness, it has to come from – guess where? – a power greater than herself.

this is a deadly disease. it isn’t looked at the same way a chronic illness or a cancer is and quite possibly never will be. you keep doing what you are doing to stay well and you won’t end up “found” somewhere.

God, rest his soul.

Comment on Adventures in Sobriety by Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:53:24 +0000

You rock!

Comment on Nothing That Three Million Dollars Won’t Fix by Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:51:46 +0000

Hey I just learned a new idea taht I hadn’t considered before: There are no right decisions. They’re all wrong, and then you just work from there. So I’m trying to learn to function even while feeling insecure and secretly angry. Sometime I’m going to have to explore the anger to get out of my helpless apathetic state, and it’s going to be the wrong thing to do but I’ll have to if I want to fly up into the sun and have it burn my wings.

Comment on Travel Kicks My Ass by Syd

Syd — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:36:05 +0000

Your last paragraph says so much to me. Being out and about in Nature is one of the best experiences ever.