At an open AA meeting someone told of a friend who only began to recover when she woke up from a blackout in jail and discovered that while in the blackout, she’d been in her car, and had been in an accident in the midst of her blackout and had killed someone.

She began working the 12 steps of AA in prison. That was what it took. If anyone had tried to ‘help her’ earlier, she’d have taken it as a signal to ‘keep drinking.’

We need to get more ex-rehab counselors into politics and finance.

And more CPAs, too.

Problem with CPAs is that they are quiet, sensible people and loathe the dirtiness of the political arena. Extroverts tend to go into politics and its rare to find someone detail oriented, patient, and capable of both the long and solitary hours needed to function as a CPA plus master the extroversion/public communication and networking skills needed for high political office.

Someone once defined CPAs as ‘the adults who clean up the messes left after adolescent financial tantrums.’

And the citizens pay for the hip boots, mops and cleaning supplies…

No need for reply from Kurt–he is surely busy.