jdhowell

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This Reminds Me of December

I miss your columns, so hope you are able to return to writing them soon. For anyone who also misses his writing, I suggest you do as I did, and check out "Wirecutter" from the library. It is quite a book, and a portrait of San Diego as it was not so long ago, but will never be like again.
— February 3, 2012 8:23 a.m.

A Power Greater Than Ourselves

Being a member of the secret society known as AA, I'm familiar with the 12 steps. I believe you are well qualified to join, and hope you do. I enjoy your writing, so I'll offer this in the hope that it will allow you to write for longer into the future. I'm insane enough now, but substantially less so than when I drank. Somehow, I thought it was OK to violate every moral code that I believed in. The details aren't important. All part of selfishness. If you want to have problems with the higher power thing, fine. Go out and drink and use some more. If your bottom is deep enough, then read the Big Book. Read about AA#3. Read the Chapter to the Agnostic. At this point, simply believing that YOU aren't the higher power and that something else MIGHT be is what I'd suggest as a start.
— October 28, 2010 10:38 a.m.