"Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet.
I hear you say, "How unlucky that this should happen to me!"
Not at all!
Say instead,
"How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations, IV
So it's for life - right? Like Forever?
As I was coming to terms with my realization that I was alcoholic and that it wasn't going away - it was a lifelong thing - I suddenly felt the weight and enormousness of it all.
Alcoholic? Really? Me? Really????
For fuck's sake - can it be something else? - like , um gluten intolerance or something?
Fucking hell, I was just beginning to get used to the ups and downs of alcohol and now you say I have to quit?
Ready for more? You can read the rest of this post - and all my latest blogposts at BrenMurphy.net - I've moved the blog over there.
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