When ensnared in the Weird World Web of
Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling, Bullsh*t Happens!
My house nearly caught fire due to faulty
wiring, but I was “present.” Not just in the immediate vicinity, but alert, awake,
aware, able to see the tendril of smoke. Had it happened overnight, when I was
sleeping a normal sleep, my house may have burned down. Sh*t Happens! Had I
been in the immediate vicinity, but not “present,” Slippin’ Into Darkness”
(War), seeking my own personal time-warp of a drug-induced stupor, my house
burning down would be yet another example of “Bulltsh*t Happens!” Things that
don’t have to happen, happen. When I
am “wasted,” I am performing a twisted rain dance ceremony, petitioning the
Cosmic Disaster Demon to “pick me! Pick me!”
In addition to increasing the odds that there
will be more BS in my life, I also decrease my resources for coping with disasters,
be they “natural” (SH) or “unnatural” (BSH). I will have wasted time, money,
energy and the goodwill of my rings of social support, be they family, friends,
workplace or community based.
I am fully aware that my best efforts to follow
my program and live right won’t fully shield me from negative events, but I think
I’m considerably less likely to get run over if don’t cross the street in a
Drunkard’s Walk.
Stay out of the Weird World Web and avoid
the avoidable. Sh*t Happens! often enough. Bullsh*t doesn’t have to Happen!
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