The old timer puts it to the newcomer “I’M AFRAID YOU HAVE ME AT A DISADVANTAGE SIR -i’ve excorcised most of my π -whereas you haven’t”.
Rebellion is nothing new to Alcoholics Anonymous -and neither is blame. It can take a very long time for an Alcoholic to learn self accountability. It can take some human beings a very long time to learn self accountability.
There’s these 2 𦬠sitting up on top of a hill looking down on a herd of π. The young π says to the old 𦬠” Let’s run down there and do one of them (each of course π).” The old 𦬠turns to him and says, “Let’s just stroll down there son… π€ and do’em all”.
Which one’s out anger or Serenity? Two people get into an altercatiin -well one technically… π Which one wins?
I told a man who at the time had 49 years of sobriety ” Practicing character building does not seem to be one of the top priorities of most Americans these days.” He chuckled mildly (cannot recall the real word I’m looking for at the moment π€), then said “No, it certainly doesn’t”.* Well maybe, just maybe -we ought do som’ bout dat π€·ββοΈ
*You see, back in the day, back in the wooly-wild -man did whatever he had to survive. In spite of all the comforts, in spite of all the shielding from mother nature (too much in my opinion), many-a-man and far too often I might add -has that same mentality. In most cases, we don’t have the excuse of death being right around the corner -so, we have no choice but toβ¦ And we don’t have the excuse of not having something called “The Holy Bible” these days.**
**Men kill, lie, cheat (corrupt) so they can keep their Ferrari -so they, and their mistress can continue to live in excess π