tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post8279282757796322522..comments2023-06-19T03:48:40.473-05:00Comments on God Walked Into This Bar: Those That Go Before UsKary Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-2027346788612354872013-12-17T12:49:17.742-06:002013-12-17T12:49:17.742-06:00Thanks JustPlainPhil. I seem to know my share of ...Thanks JustPlainPhil. I seem to know my share of people who have relapsed after several years and then died. I'd be foolhardy not to carry these stories close to my heart. I have ample warning that there is no such thing as going back to "just one."Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-1835966332310039482013-12-17T12:28:51.684-06:002013-12-17T12:28:51.684-06:00Wow, Kary. You know a lot of people, and you have ...Wow, Kary. You know a lot of people, and you have a lot of stories to tell. And you tell them magnificently! Thanks for this one. It's an eye-opener, or more accurately a keep-eyes-opener, for me!JustPlainPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362394949270873351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-72762562774510962002013-12-17T08:47:45.148-06:002013-12-17T08:47:45.148-06:00It is indeed a small world, pm me at karymayhickey...It is indeed a small world, pm me at karymayhickey@gmail if you'd like, I'd love to talk.Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-40652042266420732972013-12-17T08:46:50.664-06:002013-12-17T08:46:50.664-06:00Jim, I have no doubt that you have a right to your...Jim, I have no doubt that you have a right to your resentments and reservations, Pattie was a complicated person and could be very unforgiving. I saw that in action myself. None of us get to see every facet of a person and none of us know the person as another knows them. I loved your father also, and I'm sorry you didn't get to see him in his final years. I wished I'd known him in better times.Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-33305213105367859722013-12-17T08:40:38.766-06:002013-12-17T08:40:38.766-06:00Eerie, isn't it? Seven degrees of Pattie.Eerie, isn't it? Seven degrees of Pattie.Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-60219561554640227702013-12-17T08:02:51.163-06:002013-12-17T08:02:51.163-06:00Thank you for this perspective on Pattie. I have s...Thank you for this perspective on Pattie. I have some strong doubts that she ever really quit -- because of 2nd hand information -- but will open my mind to the possibility. An important thing to remember is that the example she set helped you get sober. I have written before about how stories can be helpful whether they're true of not.<br />http://asjimseesit.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/an-honest-program/<br /><br />I will have to realize that despite my reservations and resentments, that she is responsible for saving a human life. <br /><br />Thank you, again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-76534711399707907972013-12-17T06:18:48.965-06:002013-12-17T06:18:48.965-06:00Funny, I have been newly reading Jim's blog th...Funny, I have been newly reading Jim's blog there, and had no idea there was a connection here. Wow...small world.<br /><br />Anyway, this is sad, for sure. As I mentioned to Jim, this illness just takes us away in horrific fashions. No active alcoholic that leaves us goes in a pleasant manner. There are some really ugly ways of leaving. No Hollywood death scene. Just ugliness. And it shows us how tragic this illness is. We would go to then end of the earth to get our fix, knowing full well it will kill us at some point. And that was me. I knew that my alcoholism would kill me at some point. I had my suicidal thoughts which turned into more than thoughts. Luckily the Creator intervened and I was relieved of them the moment I was relieved of the obsession to drink.<br /><br />Ugh. I am so sorry to hear of your friend. <br /><br />One is too many, a thousand never enough.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954304001669276295.post-78689044421139158642013-12-16T22:06:15.835-06:002013-12-16T22:06:15.835-06:00Sending a hug and a thank you for sharing about Pa...Sending a hug and a thank you for sharing about Pattie as you knew her. I read of her passing a week ago. It amazes me how small this on line community is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com