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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 719126" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I think change comes in increments. And then when it is time transformations. The increments (or shuffling) seem to walk out the terrain, prepare the ground, the support for the transformation.</p><p></p><p>Today is the 4 year anniversary of my mother's death. Thousands of miles away I have been scratching, sniffing and pacing my ground too.</p><p></p><p>The Florida shuffle. I did not know what I was doing. In one week I went to the emergency hospital twice once by ambulance after I thought I broke a rib. The first visit I had choked. I could not breathe. While I am older I believe that such is not necessarily accidental or an artifact of aging, but perhaps in some way a renegotiation of the terms in which I live and understand life itself.</p><p></p><p>What I am saying is that what looks like the Florida shuffle from one vantage point may be something more meaningful.</p><p></p><p>For me. For our sons. Of which I, they, may be consciously unaware.</p><p></p><p>This is more reason for me to step back to give my son space.</p><p></p><p>PS RN. I think your son wants to do it.</p><p></p><p>While the 12 step model is profound, with the idea of "hitting bottom," it is one metaphor of change among many.</p><p></p><p>For some reason here I am thinking about the Simon and Garfunkel song slip sliding away. I will go find the lyric I am thinking of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 719126, member: 18958"] I think change comes in increments. And then when it is time transformations. The increments (or shuffling) seem to walk out the terrain, prepare the ground, the support for the transformation. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my mother's death. Thousands of miles away I have been scratching, sniffing and pacing my ground too. The Florida shuffle. I did not know what I was doing. In one week I went to the emergency hospital twice once by ambulance after I thought I broke a rib. The first visit I had choked. I could not breathe. While I am older I believe that such is not necessarily accidental or an artifact of aging, but perhaps in some way a renegotiation of the terms in which I live and understand life itself. What I am saying is that what looks like the Florida shuffle from one vantage point may be something more meaningful. For me. For our sons. Of which I, they, may be consciously unaware. This is more reason for me to step back to give my son space. PS RN. I think your son wants to do it. While the 12 step model is profound, with the idea of "hitting bottom," it is one metaphor of change among many. For some reason here I am thinking about the Simon and Garfunkel song slip sliding away. I will go find the lyric I am thinking of. [/QUOTE]
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