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ROUND PEGS

i'm actually sick to my stomach here. bill's sitting here telling me the latest rush limbaugh news. i don't think it will come as a surprise to anyone who's read anything on this site to hear that bill and i are not "fans." i hate what he says. hate it.

but come on here people. the man's an addict, admitted it, went for help, and struggles mightily each day to fight this problem. do we really want to be the kind of society that has no compassion at all, does not support recovery attempts, that only wants to punish those different or "less than perfect?" by definition, most addicts have done illegal things to obtain their next fix. duh. what the fuck are these prosecutors thinking to go after him NOW only because some really bright person in the da's office figured out after the fact that there were chargeable offenses involved.

jax has FINALLY come to a place in his sobriety (almost 2 years!) where he invites bill and me to hear him "lead" at his 12-step meetings. in jax's lead, he admits to A LOT of illegal acts to get drugs or the money to purchase drugs. shall i advise him to tone down his "honesty" in his attempts to deliver a message of hope for fear that there are people attending who are only there to gather information for law-enforcement agencies? don't talk to me about anonymity. yes, it's honored at the meetings, but most people in the program know most of the other members' last names.

what are we -- nazis? is it our intent to rid -- or at the very least shun and silence -- those different and deserving our love and support? maybe we could establish leper-like colonies again. that way we wouldn't have to even consider the existence of the less than perfect.

if i were god, i'd give each and every heartless, compassionless "perfect round peg" a taste of the powerlessness of the disease. a mile in an addict's shoes. just a taste.

hmmm. was that you, god? was that YOU giving this gift to rush?

Posted by Stacey at January 23, 2004 06:33 PM