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Originally Posted by Gooch Good to see you Mil
I understand the perspective.
I felt guilty of being a bad example for a young kid who later wound up becoming and addict and still later dying of complications associated with the health related diseases his addiction gained him.
Doing the ammends thing, I approached him at a meeting and explained to him how I felt as thouhg I had been an influence on him and that i was sory for that.
He told me I never had that much power, that I was just a part of the path that he was allready choosing, and he thought it was incredible that I was still on the path he was choosing and we had both turned 180 degrees.
I didn't get him high anymore than I led him to recovery.
Our words shouldn't have the power to chase people away. When that happens to me I am giving my personal integrity up and assuming a victim mode, while in reality, I'm a victim of my own overreactions. It's taken a combination of compassionate bluntness to teach me this. |
Doug - you never cease to...
...thanks