The dog and the snake
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The dog and the snake
A dog came upon a dying, injured snake in the road.
The snake begged the dog to pick him up and nuture him back to health as he was dying.
The dog said "No, you will bite me and the poison will kill me"
The snake said "No, I promise I will not if you just help me. I need help".
The dog thought on it, and said "No, I am afraid, you will bite me"
The snake said again, with sincereity, "I promise, I wont bite you, if you just reach out and help me live. I need your help or I'll die".
The dog, feeling he could trust the snake, agreed, picked him up, nursed him back to health. The snake grew strong and then immediately bit the dog.
As the dog lay dying, the poisoning rapidly flowing thruout his body, said:
"Why did you bite me? You promised you wouldnt if I helped save you"
The snake replied:
"You knew what I was when you picked me up. I am a snake. We bite. This is what we do".
Well......I gotten biten today. Heard what I wanted to hear from the alcoholic, who said he wanted sobriety and would I just agree to meet him to spend time. He showed up late, angry and blaming. No apology, no acknowledgement, pure anger.
Hit myself with the "stupid stick" for a few hours, but,This time, though, I recognized immediately I had been bitten, and not surprised at having been so. Its better than the past, when Id walked away shaking my head, wondering who bite me and why?
Maybe next time.....well, maybe there won't be a next time.
Alcoholics do what alcoholics do because their alcoholic. Says so in out literature.
Hope I accept and absorb that on a more permanent basis. Or at least, for the next 24 hours.
The snake begged the dog to pick him up and nuture him back to health as he was dying.
The dog said "No, you will bite me and the poison will kill me"
The snake said "No, I promise I will not if you just help me. I need help".
The dog thought on it, and said "No, I am afraid, you will bite me"
The snake said again, with sincereity, "I promise, I wont bite you, if you just reach out and help me live. I need your help or I'll die".
The dog, feeling he could trust the snake, agreed, picked him up, nursed him back to health. The snake grew strong and then immediately bit the dog.
As the dog lay dying, the poisoning rapidly flowing thruout his body, said:
"Why did you bite me? You promised you wouldnt if I helped save you"
The snake replied:
"You knew what I was when you picked me up. I am a snake. We bite. This is what we do".
Well......I gotten biten today. Heard what I wanted to hear from the alcoholic, who said he wanted sobriety and would I just agree to meet him to spend time. He showed up late, angry and blaming. No apology, no acknowledgement, pure anger.
Hit myself with the "stupid stick" for a few hours, but,This time, though, I recognized immediately I had been bitten, and not surprised at having been so. Its better than the past, when Id walked away shaking my head, wondering who bite me and why?
Maybe next time.....well, maybe there won't be a next time.
Alcoholics do what alcoholics do because their alcoholic. Says so in out literature.
Hope I accept and absorb that on a more permanent basis. Or at least, for the next 24 hours.
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awwwww bgp! i'm sorry, hon. sometimes, we just want to believe so badly that we follow our hearts instead of our heads. it would be so much easier if it wasn't a human being that we have loved so much standing there in front of us doing the hissing.
big hugs to you.
big hugs to you.
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thanks Jeri...
you what what I think did me in?
Damn Daylights savings time!
I swear...the time went an hour ahead, and so did my thinking.
Its all the daylight time peoples fault!!
you what what I think did me in?
Damn Daylights savings time!
I swear...the time went an hour ahead, and so did my thinking.
Its all the daylight time peoples fault!!
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Oh BGP, Hope is a powerful thing and sometimes it causes us to forget reality. Don't beat yourself up! The sooner you suck out the poison from the bite the less damage it will inflict!
Hmm...next time just use the stupid stick to attack the snake! ;-)
Praying for you! Cheryl
Hmm...next time just use the stupid stick to attack the snake! ;-)
Praying for you! Cheryl
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thanks Cheryl.....I like that idea of sucking the posion out! very inspiring visul. I did reach out and call a friend and said "Help!"..but not for several hours. Felt I needed to feel the posion , i guess.
and to make it all worse...we decided to meet in an AA meeting...and in the meeting was a god awful gorgeous guy. I mean, hunka hunka...tall, dark, sober and had hair!! black, beautiful hair...PLUS he shared he
s been sober for 16 years. Damn! of all days to meet my ex, I finally see a cutie with sobriety.
and he had nice shoes too.
and to make it all worse...we decided to meet in an AA meeting...and in the meeting was a god awful gorgeous guy. I mean, hunka hunka...tall, dark, sober and had hair!! black, beautiful hair...PLUS he shared he
s been sober for 16 years. Damn! of all days to meet my ex, I finally see a cutie with sobriety.
and he had nice shoes too.
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Perhaps it was laundry day, and you weren't wearing your big girl panties. Maybe this week, you should wear your one-day-at-a-time panties. You know, the ones that say, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday...to serve as a daily reminder to take things one day at a time.
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big girl....we'll blame it on daylight savings time....yeah....that sounds great. we can blame it on anything we want to, right?
you are smart and strong and full of love to spend on someone who will honor that, so don't you use that stick on yourself anymore.
hey, it's getting that time of year when snakes sun themselves in the roadways....maybe he'll get squished.
seriously, i understand how badly it hurts to try again and see, yet again, what it really is.
you stay strong and know that you will be just fine.
you are smart and strong and full of love to spend on someone who will honor that, so don't you use that stick on yourself anymore.
hey, it's getting that time of year when snakes sun themselves in the roadways....maybe he'll get squished.
seriously, i understand how badly it hurts to try again and see, yet again, what it really is.
you stay strong and know that you will be just fine.
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fdm.....god, you are just tooo funny.....roflmao!!!!! monday, tuesday, screw-up day, thursday, friday, ohhhh-i-wish-i-hadn't-done-that-day, saturday, sunday.......
bgp, we're gonna buy you day by day panties....and their gonna say, in addition to the days on the front....I GOT MY BIGGIRLPANTIES ON.....right on the hind end.
bgp, we're gonna buy you day by day panties....and their gonna say, in addition to the days on the front....I GOT MY BIGGIRLPANTIES ON.....right on the hind end.
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Thanks Jeri and Jill
(hah,..Jeri and Jill, went up a hill, to save BGP's panties, both fell down, with thier own panties on the ground, and found two hotties to kiss!) ah, didnt rhyme at the end, but sounded good!
For sure, I wasnt wear my bgp's, and as a matter of fact, I had to wash my thongs and sexy panties this morning. Damn laundry! If I had only had a clean pair.....
(hah,..Jeri and Jill, went up a hill, to save BGP's panties, both fell down, with thier own panties on the ground, and found two hotties to kiss!) ah, didnt rhyme at the end, but sounded good!
For sure, I wasnt wear my bgp's, and as a matter of fact, I had to wash my thongs and sexy panties this morning. Damn laundry! If I had only had a clean pair.....
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BGP, I too am a sucker for beautiful black hair! OMG!
Just keep repeating...
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to
I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You are gonna be fine!!!!
Just keep repeating...
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to
I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman
You are gonna be fine!!!!
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yup, Jill, you are seeing how its ALL Daylights savings time fault.
Where do I write to have this nonsense discontinued twice a year. They dont know what its does to a codie's recovery.
Where do I write to have this nonsense discontinued twice a year. They dont know what its does to a codie's recovery.
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Cheryl, love that Helen Reddy song..she was great. Is she still alive? LOL
I must say, as I left today, feeling like poop, I did manage to think to myself "Well, I;ll have to return to this meeting next Sunday and see is Mr. Shoes comes back".
Yup, that me, in my full codie alert stage, Im still thinking aobut anudder alkeeholic man. *Sigh*
I must say, as I left today, feeling like poop, I did manage to think to myself "Well, I;ll have to return to this meeting next Sunday and see is Mr. Shoes comes back".
Yup, that me, in my full codie alert stage, Im still thinking aobut anudder alkeeholic man. *Sigh*
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