Responding to Response

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January 25
    
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    Responding to Response
    
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    Thankfully I’m not in charge of what is so freely given in
    this program. I want it to be available, but I want gratitude to be the
    universal response.&nbsp; At first I thought I
    couldn’t understand how anyone could hold this gift in their hands and not feel
    grateful, truth is I know exactly how that’s done and I don’t want to look at
    that ugly thing.&nbsp; “Cunning, Baffling,
    Powerful” But they left out how repulsive it is, maybe they didn’t want to see
    it either, or thought it was self-explanatory. 
    
    No matter which, I’m glad I am not the arbiter of the
    flowing fount that is recovery, I might have been tempted to cap and meter it,
    killing all the beauty and wild randomness that makes it real and true.&nbsp; I despair that others don’t recover as I
    recover and yet I am relieved that I didn’t have to drink as they drank.&nbsp; 
    
    I have to see those around me well enough to stay out of
    their traps or follow their leads, whichever is appropriate, but I don’t have
    to adjudicate their reply.
    
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    Pick up sticks and
    put downs stones
    
    
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    You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
    Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
    
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January 25
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Responding to Response
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Thankfully I’m not in charge of what is so freely given in
    this program. I want it to be available, but I want gratitude to be the
    universal response.&nbsp; At first I thought I
    couldn’t understand how anyone could hold this gift in their hands and not feel
    grateful, truth is I know exactly how that’s done and I don’t want to look at
    that ugly thing.&nbsp; “Cunning, Baffling,
    Powerful” But they left out how repulsive it is, maybe they didn’t want to see
    it either, or thought it was self-explanatory. 
    
    No matter which, I’m glad I am not the arbiter of the
    flowing fount that is recovery, I might have been tempted to cap and meter it,
    killing all the beauty and wild randomness that makes it real and true.&nbsp; I despair that others don’t recover as I
    recover and yet I am relieved that I didn’t have to drink as they drank.&nbsp; 
    
    I have to see those around me well enough to stay out of
    their traps or follow their leads, whichever is appropriate, but I don’t have
    to adjudicate their reply.
    
    &nbsp;
    
    Pick up sticks and
    put downs stones
    
    
    Vlog:&nbsp; http://youtu.be/wtyMBLUK_vw
    
    &nbsp;
    
    You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
    Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
    
    http://www.amazon.com/More-Sober-The-Way-Sane/dp/144141231X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374072329&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sober+on+the+way+to+sane
    
    http://www.amazon.com/Lines-My-Life-Sherrie-Theriault/dp/1448652820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374072576&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Lines+from+my+life%2C+Sherrie+theriault

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