While sitting at this window yesterday morning the chickadees were on the bird feeder. It seems to me they waste alot of energy. They fly in from the tree, take one seed and fly back to the tree. They do this over and over! Then one flew smack into the window. I could hardly look but after a few minutes I got up from my chair and looked into the snow below the window. Sure enough s/he was there-a little movement and then stillness. I was so sad but knew better than to try to revive him/her. Best to wait a few minutes. And sure enough, a few minutes later when I looked s/he was gone.
The whole scene made me think of recovery. We go along one day at a time -sort of taking one seed from the feeder-thinking all is ok. Then whack-we fly into a window (relapse); knock ourselves out and wake up wondering how did that happen? Well just like the chickadee, we weren't paying attention. The window, the reality of relapse, wasn't something we took seriously.
Relapse is part of this disease. Are you paying attention this holiday season? How?
Blessings-Penny
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