Listening to the Wind p458-469

Good afternoon guys,

This week we'll be reading Listening to the Wind p458-469. I just finished reading it and it's a fascinating story. 

Without any details, two things immediately popped out at me: 

1. If this woman -who was a self proclaimed "drunken hooker" and wore the same dirty clothes for days on end- was able to find men willing to marry her and throw riches her way at the snap of her fingers.... She must be freakin' smoking hot!!
   
2. How she continually went through horrors that others would of called rock bottom and kept going, it points out to me how insensitive we alcoholics are to those we hurt. I'm sure we could all be accused of this to varying degrees.

As a result of these two ideas -I'll let you be the judge of which was truly the highest motivating factor here- I tried investigating the author to find out more about her. I found this page about the Authors of the AA stories but to my disappointment the author is listed as "unknown". However, I was surprised at the large number of author's who are listed as having "slipped", I wasn't really expecting that.   

While I can't vouch for the veracity of the information on that web site, upon giving it some thought I imagine it's more than likely correct. It reminded me how our sobriety is a precious gift and that it behooves us to sensitize ourselves to the needs of others. As opposed to all traditional wisdom I was taught, when it comes to sobriety, the lesson AA teaches me is "we cannot keep what we don't give away." 

Happy 24hrs,

David t.