reality

I have spent my life trying to escape reality in one from or another. I have recently discovered that it is actually more porductive to meet reality, however painful, deal with it and move on.

That being said, the painful issues that I have faced in the last eight months have not moved quickly from my perspective. But still, they have moved and this is better than running from them or fighting them. NOT move comfortable. NOT easier. But the better choice.

Addiction is fatal. Really. It's not just messy or unmanageable. It doesn't just get us into trouble. It is fatal. I've already been to too many funerals. My beloved dead are already too numerous. I'm just not that old. I do not want to add to their ranks. I do not want this disease to take more of the people I love because they think they can't face the pain. Unfortunately, the choice is not mine.

I only get to work with the people who ask. Not the people who need.