Never try to take someone's hope away. It is needlessly cruel and serves no
constructive purpose. The people who come here are (by & large) not children.
They do not need to be shielded from reality. They hunger for truth, not
euphemisms nor other poorly camouflaged untruths.EG shares truth. Are we
brave enough to listen?
Those we care about navigate the farthest borders of life, and the nearest
borders of death. Sometimes they miss a turn. Sometimes they stay in limbo,
enjoying neither the joys of life nor the dignities of death.
I had gone no contact for over a year before I heard of her passing. I knew going NC
was the best thing for her but in those first few days I wanted to YELL at my SR friends.......
"I listened to your goddamned advice! I made life decisions on the basis of it!
You promised it was the right thing to do----and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!"
But neither SR, nor the souls who populate her, made any such promise.
They only promised to be there, to listen, and to understand.
'Wanna know how powerful addiction is? Powerful enough to bring a stone
cold atheist to his knees and beg for God's help.....for I had no where else to turn.
I didn't pray for her life----it was too late for that. I prayed that her soul was
finally free of this God-forsaken cold dark hell of addiction....and that one day
(I hoped) she would be back in the embrace of her home, her loved ones, and
her loving God.
I've given addiction my all. But it's NOT TAKING my hope. It's not taking
ONE MORE GODDAMNED INCH. This far and NO FARTHER! Fangs out----cross
this line and you WILL regret it.
"Once more, unto the breach my good friends" (Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III)
Look the devil in the eye, as you would any opposing Army on the eve of battle,
and say....confidently:
"Let's see what you've got"