No this post doesn't mean he's drinking. Just a great song that sums it all up...
J**** used this as his anthem when he was dry for over two years in 2002. We heard it this morning and he sang it to me over the phone.
No I ain't had nothing to drink
I knew thats probably what you'd think
If I dropped by this time of night
Remember way back when
I promised you I'd drop in
At one of those meetings down at the Y
Well, they started talkin bout steps you take
Mistakes you make
The hearts you break
And the price you pay
I almost walked away
You could hear a pin drop
When this old man
Stood up and said I'm gonna' say it again
Like I do every week
For those who don't know me
It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a loving wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yah, I've been there, that's why I'm here
This ole boy stood up in the aisle
Said he'd been living a life of denial
And he cried as he talked about wasted years
I couldn't believe what I heard
It was my life word for word
And all of the sudden it was clear
It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a loving wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yah, I've been there, that's why I'm here
I know for us it may be too late
But it would mean the world to me
If you were there when I stand to say
It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a loving wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yah, I've been there, that's why I'm here
Oh, I've been there, that's why I'm here
4 comments:
Ah, the old charm offensive. :(
What ever happened with the hearing/fine/jail thing?
WAKE UP!!!!
You are starting to frighten me...first the smoking while pg thing...I am not preaching but dont' justify that by saying "you're not perfect either" and now this...I agree, the 'charm offensive' seems to be working. TAKE ACTION or stop saying you are going to. If you parents are still helping you out like they are, then let them help you out of this mess. But it's clear that you won't. Your kids, who are your life, are going to be fucked up because you won't tell them the truth about their father. Stop protecting him and deal with the mess you have allowed yourself to be drawn into. You claim your kdis are the most important thing to you, but then your actions continue to defy this every single day. I am not convinced you are willing to do what it takes to fix the problem...you keep using excuses. Finances are not a proper excuse, plus what the hell is he bringing to the party? Its seems to me that your finaces would be in better shape if you dumped his sorry ass. And I don't agree at all with the "been married for 50 years, she should have left me a long time ago" pony you trotted out a few days ago. Do you want that to be you? Obviously you do. You seem to think you have this "great love" and "someday we'll look back and laugh at all this" type of attitude. I feel sorry for your kids plain and simple. You consistently say one thing and then your actions consistently defy your words. I have no doubt you love your kids to death...I can tell they mean everything to you. But WHY won't you make a decision for them? They still want you and their dad to be together because you haven't told them the truth about their dad.
To the previous poster -- it seems pretty clear that Nay has an addiction to this relationship that's very similar to her husband's addiction to alcohol. Both make excuses, promise to change, etc. Both put their addictions before anything else in life, including the kids. Both know they're addicted, but have decided that to date that life with their addictions are giving them more than life without them. That's how addiction works.
Nay's strong and smart. She knows she's addicted, and has chosen not to change. And that's her choice -- no amount of lecturing from her readers or her family members is going to change that. She's weighed the alternatives and has chosen addiction.
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