Black Cat, Dead Cat
I live in the sticks: Cottondale, Alabama. Just this morning a pack of dogs barked and squealed outside my house. It was bothersome, so I looked outside the kitchen window and pack of dogs were biting, pouncing and rending a cat apart: a black cat. I didn’t feel much anger or sympathy for either party. [...]
News: Faces of Substance Abuse: ‘It’s A Waste of A life’
Read the story here.
This is a sad story. Addictions do waste life. They steal it away, take our hope, our why and our reasons to live.
Read the story here.
Be well,
Damon
ADHD is a Gift?
Wow! Simply, wow! This is the kind of thing I hope you aspire to. Why sulk in addictions when you can take that negativity and forge something useful and beneficial? There is meaning in suffering. This is a good example:
Click here to watch.
Be well,
Damon
P.S., For whatever reason the video would not embed, so the link [...]
Black Men and Suicide “My Day of Infamy”
Black Men and Suicide “My Day of Infamy”
Addictions lead to death. This is a sad story of a man whose father committed suicide as the result of an addiction. The most compelling part:
“The 16+ yrs since his transition, I am still learning and understanding life lessons he attempted to explain to me.”
My father passed on [...]
Ex-Jaguars WR Smith Humiliated by Drug Arrest
Ex-Jaguars WR Smith Humiliated by Drug Arrest
Why does it always to come to this? Addictions destroy lives. I see it over and over again. In most every case, an addict’s life must be destroyed before really getting clean.
Pain is a good teacher. His lessons are indelible like a rock to gravity when thrown. [...]
Beijing 2008, Endurance and Pain
At almost every Olympiad there has been a story of some athlete who had to endure vast amounts of pain to finish an event. Beijing 2008 was no different. Michaela Breeze, British weightlifter, competed with an injured back today. Despite her obvious pain, she clean and jerked 100kg (220lbs) on her third attempt. It was [...]