Rusty Zipper

i herd last night, a sponsee of mine... his cousin, 23 years old, got into a auto accident a few days ago...

was just marrried two weeks ago...

he fell asleep at the wheel, hit a bridge abuntment...

he died...

drink/drugs were involved... left a pregnant wife... arg

this news brought me back to my 20's

looking back, one word hit me... "Invincible"

it couldnt happen to me!

the narrow escapes, all the yets...

hitting rock bottom is not a requirement to stop drinking & or druging...

relapse is not a requirement...



good wishes...

xxoo, rz

barb dwyer

thanks Rusty ...

it's all too easy to forget, isn't it?

*prayers*

parentrecovers

it's a tough message, and i am glad you shared. i still thank god everyday that my daughter survived her black out car accident, and didn't kill anyone else. some are not so lucky. hugs, k

Aysha

Ty RZ.
I am sorry to hear that.
But it is a reminder needed to be heard.
I have had too many close ones and come out OK.
Not just physically but with everything I have encountered in life.
Always made it back OK.
You think I would learn.
One of these days my luck is going to run out if I dont change my ways.

NEEDTOBESOBER

brings back t o many memories of close calls of living through accidents I shouldnt have, when I was 18 I was driving drunk and hit a tree w/my car, i was lucky to live thru that and since then several years later I got 2 DWI's within 1 year which was witin the last 3 years, license was suspended for 2 years and had to spend 2 weeks in a county jail after my 2nd. the whole experience was awful and now I have my license back and have a good job at a law firm and dont wanna screw it up by drinking.

Alive

Condolences on the young man, just a year older than me.....
We are all very blessed to have had chances to make our lives practically new lives!

Anna

Rusty, I am so sorry to hear this.

The 'invincible' notion is sometimes hard to get clear of. I hope someone will read this and make a change to their life.

thiskidknows

Hi Rusty, I'm sorry to hear about the passing away of such a young person. Thoughts are with u and he's family.

Something else you wrote about being "Invincible" in ur 20's, I'm in my 20's and the other month someone said to me. "you think ur invincible, u drink too much, u smoke too much, u put urself in dangrous places and one day that invincible bubble u think u have will burst and ur fall too the floor".... I laughed it off, and told her I was invincible, that my health hasn't and wouldn't suffer, I do dangrous things but not once had I ended up in trouble....but thinking about it right now...my health is suffering, and I have ended up in trouble...erm, ur post has given me some food for thought I think I need to think about this soome more. thank you for ur post.

Lost x

ontrackagain

As most have stated here, I too could have easily been that young man. Please accept my condolences and I wish nothing but an uphill for his young family.

CarolD

Another sad reminder of how vicious and deadly using is.

May his dying plant a recovery seed in another stil suffering.

Prayers for all who love this yung man.

hope3

So sad and so true... Our school in in mourning over a co-workers

18 year old son who who died in an automobile accident last wednesday.

He was on his way home from work an speed is believed to have played a factor,

we aren't really sure...The invincible thoughts of the young...prayers for all

hope3

chicago

it took me along time for the invinceble thing to register. at 19 my lifelong friend died from brain cancer and i didnt pause for a second to ponder my own mortality. within a year i OD'd and was saved by paramedics. again, never pondered it. in summer of 2002 my best friend died from OD. still thought i was invinceable. three more friends died from OD with not a passing thought of my own mortality. after life got so miserable that i had no other option besides AA, i finally grasped the idea that i should have died many times over. i know if i go back out there the odds are not in my favor (especially after reading posts like this). i need to hear stuff like this to remind me of the dangers of using. thanks for sharing.

IO Storm

Survivor of one OD...

Two totalled vehicle crashes...

One on booze

One on benzo's

One feeble attempt at wrist slashing..

There but by the Grace of God go I..

Thanks Rust for the reminder...

And thank you God.

Love,

IO

nogard

(((Rusty))) the outcome is always the same ....

Done my share of being revived and waking up being asked why I did it. OD's prison and mental asylums and finally death or quit and stay quit.

Kevin

IO Storm

Heartfelt prayers for the wife and the unborn....

and sponsee...bless thier heart..and you Rusty for wisdom in

continuing to guide him in recovery...

Love,

IO

Rusty Zipper

hey, thanks for all the replys my friends...

yep, what a reminder...

the post that stuck with me...

Lost Child LC, none of are invincible as we come to see...

"if you had my life, and my problems, you would drink also" ... thats what i used to say...

well, if you have my life now, you wouldnt want to drink!

i should save that splaination for hope3's thread...

all xxoo & blessings... rz