Ken Ragge <ken@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> stuart wrote:
>
> > "The Glass Prison" <glassprison51@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1118856383.594986.47950@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
> >
> >>I may take you up on that Ken. I briefly looked at "morerevealed" and
> >>perhaps I may tell my stories. They involve my life nearly taken twice
> >>at both Betty Ford and Hazelden after being drug-free for over two
> >>weeks each time. These things shouldn't happen at what they call "a
> >>safe place". It makes me shudder and cry when I think about it. I still
> >>have my written diaries and witnesses and it makes a good story. I'll
> >>try if I can (always wanted to), but sometimes it's better to put the
> >>past behind you.
> >>
> >>Of course, I am angry at myself and not because I made poor decisions
> >>that got me to treatment. What happened to me there was not my fault.
> >>It's like someone being admitted to a hospital for a drug overdose and
> >>the next day, they slip on a mopped wet floor and break their leg. Who
> >>is to blame for this? The fine upstanding hospital or the low-life
> >>junkie just for being there? I know who society and certainly the
> >>state, judge, jury, and insurance companies would choose.
> >>
> >>I still have ongoing issues and who better to let my anger out at than
> >>the individuals who nearly took my life twice, and then tried to "blow
> >>it off" with a fairy tale (the 12-step program). They were the people
> >>(and places) that I trusted in, wanted to love and believe in. But
> >>tragedy struck, twice, and I saw everything was disguised.
> >>
> >>Thanks for your understanding response.
> >>
> >>PS> I am a raised Roman Catholic, driven by fear and guilt. Need I say
> >>more?
> >
> >
> > Sure, sounds like you are still living with a painful past, ie still
unwell.
> > Best of luck in your future...
> >
> >
> What does "unwell" mean? Do you think there is something wrong with
> being angry when you've been seriously fucked over? Do you think Rosa
> Parks had it all wrong and should have just "turned it over" and sat at
> the back of the bus?
>
> Ken Ragge

Unwell means "not healthy" Ken

Well Ken, now you are gonna get my professional opinion on what you have
described as a mental health issue. No, there's absolutely nothing "wrong"
with being angry when you've been seriously fucked over. There is indeed
something terribly unhealthy with constantly wasting a lot of one's 'mental
capacity' on a past problem. Firstly, it hurts. Secondly, it seriously
detracts from one's ability to function in the present moment, denigrating
one's earning power, one's enjoyment of life, and one's usefulness to
oneself and one's friends and family. The pain of the past is being
constantly re-introduced to the present moment. Is that healthy? It's like
continuing to pick at a scab...
I don't know a single person who has not been seriously fucked over once or
twice. Healthy people deal with it as best as they can, people who are not
emotionally healthy can't or won't.
Sorry to tell you that we are not all equally healthy either physically or
mentally.
Reliance upon God is a source of strength for some, but not for others. No
one has the right to tell another what will work, or not work for their
mental well-being. Your position is predicated on all sorts of beliefs,
which you can neither prove nor disprove, just like my own beliefs.
Your long history of AA-bashing is either extremely unhealthy, or is
motivated by profit or some other pathological need IMO.
I would never spend the kind of energy you spend on such a controversial and
unimportant issue.


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