In the local news this am

This COULD have been us. This poor man drank too much, had too much money, was taking too many psych drugs. The combination, plus becoming infatuated with a woman, led him to attempt a murder at an AA meeting here in Portland last summer. Scary, scary stuff.

This WAS us three years ago.


Thanks to AAs fellowship and program of recovery, thanks to the support of family members, thanks to a little bit of luck and a lot of work that is NOT us today, but it certainly could have been.

Similarities: Delusional thinking. Alcoholism. Useless psych drugs that make the problem worse. Loneliness. Falling in "love." Access to money.