Sep 16 2008
Bear Down??
First off, I wanted to start this off with congratulating my brother on his big promotion that he received today. A very well deserved and hard earned promotion for a company that doesn’t take any prisoners, so CONGRATS!! For a real celebration, go down a few posts and see Techno Viking, he can tell you what is up.
Good news today that the White Sox beat the Yankees and did not lose any ground to the Twins. I threw up a little bit when I heard that Carlos Zambrano threw a no hitter. I truly hope that is the most exciting thing that happens to the Cubs for the rest of this year, and the whole team comes down with a bad case of Shingles. : ) The Bears felt like laying an egg in the second half of the game this past Sunday and lost to the Panthers. The Bears will be in trouble this year, because of their lack of a deep passing game. If this were the 1920s and George Halas was set to run a play in his leather helmet, then I think the team would be Ok, but I don’t see them doing a whole lot. Also, Our Lord and Savior Devin Hester is hurt with a rib injury. I saw the play and someone must have hit him with an invisible bat, because he didn’t get hit on camera but was so hurt that apparently he couldn’t even walk to the trainer’s room for xrays. Wow. I really hope the Bears have a good season, I need something to watch on Sunday.
Well, OJ is in the news again. He is again on trail and facing life in prison for kidnapping, theft, armed robbery, etc. I guess murder wasn’t enough for him, he wanted the trifecta. I guess OJ wanted to make sure he was going to Hell when he dies, so he thought of kidnapping a man, rather than just slitting his throat. I have had trouble with the law in my time and am still pending some court dates, but wow, when you beat a murder rap where everyone and their mother knows you did it, then you go and commit another capital offense, well, he’s got some guts. Way more guts than brains. I hope OJ goes to jail for life and gets some psycho as his cellmate that beats his ass everyday. Then at least Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman can laugh up in Heaven.
Not a whole lot to write about as far as addiction goes, other than attending an open meeting tonight and it went well. It is interesting hearing stories that so mirror my own. It’s almost like alcoholics follow the same rules and do the same stupid things. Running away, going on benders, staying at hotels, DUIs, it’s almost like we follow some handbook. The good thing about AA is that we all found the light. Some sooner than others and that is a miracle. There isn’t one person in AA that didn’t hit the bottom before crawling up and that is why these meetings are so different than what anyone can imagine that doesn’t go regularly. Normal people look at these stories and cringe. For addicts, Hell was every day. Most people define success by the car they drive, the person they date or the money they make. For addicts, we are successful because we are alive, and we didn’t drink today. It’s a world of difference. ML
