Posted by James K on January 10, 2006, at 14:26:39
The revelation that author James Frey in his book A Million Little Pieces, may have exaggerated his past got me to thinking about my own.
I always carry some denial about alcohol and substance abuse problems. Sitting here right now, I feel pretty good 26 days sober (that's one of my top ten periods most likely) and that life isn't bad. Maybe things aren't a big deal.
But, - every once in a while in a therapy, I'm forced to do a timeline or list things that have happened. In that light, it becomes almost unbelievable. We've all been here and there and done this and that.
I'm just rambling aloud about, I guess about how I can still consider starting again, and feeling amazement that I've made it this far alive and intact.
THEY tell us to take it "day by day", but it seems day by day is all I've ever lived. Only when I can see my life as a continuous line, and not as random blocks of experience, does any of this start to make sense.
still wondering,
James K
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