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Old 01-06-2010, 09:09 AM
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Well, to inject a little humor in the thread, the "fool" card in a tarot deck is usually chosen to represent the person interested in the reading of the cards.

The card doesn't mean a fool in the traditional sense, but, someone going on a journey. The figure is portrayed standing at the edge of a cliff: symbolizing stepping into the unknown.
So, it is a card that can represent all of us in recovery: we are stepping into the unknown, poised
to make a change, and on a journey. Most cards have a small dog pulling at the clothes of the fool. Maybe that small dog represents relapse....things that can make our journey difficult.

Welcome back: as my sponsor told me after I relapsed once....it is not me that is a bad person, or "the fool", so to speak. I have a disease. I was my choice of behavior that was wrong.
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