What am I doing here?

[George &The Dragon]

It's a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Great White North. The sky is a
cloudless blue, it's 7 degrees above zero (a heatwave up here) and I have
the afternoon off. I drove home, switched on the computer, checked my
E-Mail, clicked on ARAA, and suddenly thought "What am I doing here?"

Then I remembered what I would have done in April, the month before I
hitched a ride on the ARAA Magical Mystery Wagon. I would have enjoyed a
leisurely drive to an inn on the edge of town, then proceeded to get just
drunk enough that I could weave my way home with a good chance of evading
the known police checkpoints. Once home I'd start on the wine (good stuff,
none of your Canadian rubbish), and I'd pass out somewhere between 10 and
midnight. Then it would be thirst, heartburn and trench mouth till dawn and
another morning hangover foloowed by coffee after coffee.

Today I drove home instead and worked my way through the unread messages -
the thoughtful posts, the angry ones, the newcomers, the regulars. I see a
bit of myself in every one. Especially Harry, our latest town drunk. It
pains me to see his posts, because every one of his excuses were whispered
to me by the Dragon long, long ago.

So I look out of my window on a nice sunny day, and I am well content. I
guess I do know what I'm doing here. I'm staying well away from the Dragon.

George




& theDragon

[Jonathan Bratt]

In message <xc8xb.12697$Eq1.1226972@news20.bellglobal.com>, George &The
Dragon <george@dragon.ca> writes
>It's a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Great White North. The sky is a
>cloudless blue, it's 7 degrees above zero (a heatwave up here) and I have
>the afternoon off. I drove home, switched on the computer, checked my
>E-Mail, clicked on ARAA, and suddenly thought "What am I doing here?"
>
>Then I remembered what I would have done in April, the month before I
>hitched a ride on the ARAA Magical Mystery Wagon. I would have enjoyed a
>leisurely drive to an inn on the edge of town, then proceeded to get just
>drunk enough that I could weave my way home with a good chance of evading
>the known police checkpoints. Once home I'd start on the wine (good stuff,
>none of your Canadian rubbish), and I'd pass out somewhere between 10 and
>midnight. Then it would be thirst, heartburn and trench mouth till dawn and
>another morning hangover foloowed by coffee after coffee.
>
>Today I drove home instead and worked my way through the unread messages -
>the thoughtful posts, the angry ones, the newcomers, the regulars. I see a
>bit of myself in every one. Especially Harry, our latest town drunk. It
>pains me to see his posts, because every one of his excuses were whispered
>to me by the Dragon long, long ago.
>
>So I look out of my window on a nice sunny day, and I am well content. I
>guess I do know what I'm doing here. I'm staying well away from the Dragon.

What a charming and inspiring post. More power to you lance.
--
Jonathan Bratt

[Jeff Cook]

Ahhhh, the "dragon", the "beast", "King Alcohol" RR, "Smart Recovery, AA. Or
any amalgamation that works. The "vehicle matters little if da proof of da
puddin' is that happy, free, and joyous, that some of us babble about.

Dare I say, like a good martini used to be, the ingredients were always the
same, the only significant difference applied by the "mixologist", and that
to our personal taste.

I recognize a good day now, whether I "hear" it or live it, and I heard
yours. They're all subtly different, and from a qualitative stance evoke
that, "my worst day sober is better than my best day drunk" gratitude. Not
so shabby m'man.

Jeff

"George &The Dragon" <george@dragon.ca> wrote in message
news:xc8xb.12697$Eq1.1226972@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> It's a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Great White North. The sky is a
> cloudless blue, it's 7 degrees above zero (a heatwave up here) and I have
> the afternoon off. I drove home, switched on the computer, checked my
> E-Mail, clicked on ARAA, and suddenly thought "What am I doing here?"
>
> Then I remembered what I would have done in April, the month before I
> hitched a ride on the ARAA Magical Mystery Wagon. I would have enjoyed a
> leisurely drive to an inn on the edge of town, then proceeded to get just
> drunk enough that I could weave my way home with a good chance of evading
> the known police checkpoints. Once home I'd start on the wine (good stuff,
> none of your Canadian rubbish), and I'd pass out somewhere between 10 and
> midnight. Then it would be thirst, heartburn and trench mouth till dawn
and
> another morning hangover foloowed by coffee after coffee.
>
> Today I drove home instead and worked my way through the unread messages -
> the thoughtful posts, the angry ones, the newcomers, the regulars. I see a
> bit of myself in every one. Especially Harry, our latest town drunk. It
> pains me to see his posts, because every one of his excuses were whispered
> to me by the Dragon long, long ago.
>
> So I look out of my window on a nice sunny day, and I am well content. I
> guess I do know what I'm doing here. I'm staying well away from the
Dragon.
>
> George
>
>
>
>
> & theDragon
>
>
>

[George &The Dragon]

"Jeff Cook" <jeffloucook@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:yQ9xb.312771$HS4.2768783@attbi_s01...

> I recognize a good day now, whether I "hear" it or live it, and I heard
> yours.

Thanks Jeff.
I still have some bad ones, but today was worth the price....
Hope yours was good too

George




& the Dragon

[Jeff Cook]

George, I simply refuse to have bad ones anymore. There are "great" days,
"good" days, and "interesting" days. All I have to do is figure which is
which, and act appropriately.
Jeff
"George &The Dragon" <george@dragon.ca> wrote in message
news:X1dxb.15161$dt2.1141126@news20.bellglobal.com ...
>
> "Jeff Cook" <jeffloucook@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:yQ9xb.312771$HS4.2768783@attbi_s01...
>
> > I recognize a good day now, whether I "hear" it or live it, and I heard
> > yours.
>
> Thanks Jeff.
> I still have some bad ones, but today was worth the price....
> Hope yours was good too
>
> George
>
>
>
>
> & the Dragon
>
>

[rosie read and post]

love your posts george......................thanks for being here!

--
read and post daily, it works!
rosie

"if the only prayer you say in your whole life is 'thank you,'
that would suffice."
................................................m eckhart, 1260-1328



"George &The Dragon" <george@dragon.ca> wrote in message
news:xc8xb.12697$Eq1.1226972@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> It's a beautiful sunny afternoon in the Great White North. The sky
is a
> cloudless blue, it's 7 degrees above zero (a heatwave up here) and
I have
> the afternoon off. I drove home, switched on the computer, checked
my
> E-Mail, clicked on ARAA, and suddenly thought "What am I doing
here?"
>
> Then I remembered what I would have done in April, the month
before I
> hitched a ride on the ARAA Magical Mystery Wagon. I would have
enjoyed a
> leisurely drive to an inn on the edge of town, then proceeded to
get just
> drunk enough that I could weave my way home with a good chance of
evading
> the known police checkpoints. Once home I'd start on the wine
(good stuff,
> none of your Canadian rubbish), and I'd pass out somewhere between
10 and
> midnight. Then it would be thirst, heartburn and trench mouth till
dawn and
> another morning hangover foloowed by coffee after coffee.
>
> Today I drove home instead and worked my way through the unread
messages -
> the thoughtful posts, the angry ones, the newcomers, the regulars.
I see a
> bit of myself in every one. Especially Harry, our latest town
drunk. It
> pains me to see his posts, because every one of his excuses were
whispered
> to me by the Dragon long, long ago.
>
> So I look out of my window on a nice sunny day, and I am well
content. I
> guess I do know what I'm doing here. I'm staying well away from
the Dragon.
>
> George
>
>
>
>
> & theDragon
>
>
>

[rosie read and post]

the longer i stay sober, the shorter the "bad" stuff
is................i use to have "bad days" i have "bad moments" now!


happy turkey day to all your celebrate!

--
read and post daily, it works!
rosie

"if the only prayer you say in your whole life is 'thank you,'
that would suffice."
................................................m eckhart, 1260-1328

[George &The Dragon]

Thanks Jonathan.
I've read all your posts and am glad to see you're doing well.

Aye,
George





& the Dragon