I got a call from Willie yesterday. He mentioned that he had a couple of things that he wanted to run by me. I listened to what he had to say. I like the tendency of good AAs to listen instead of pouring out minute directions so that's what I try to do - for the most part that's really all that I want friend to do for me when I'm confused about something. Honestly, most of the actions that he had taken and the thinking that he had engaged in seemed great - healthy, measured, and reasonable. I probably would have acted in a similar fashion and if I would have done something differently that would have been unique to me, appropriate for me, perhaps, but not for him. I think that all I can do is to give someone the perspective of how I would have behaved and repeat some general, common-sense AA platitudes. Willie has a strong faith so I reminded him that a prayer to ask for guidance and good timing might help; that shit doesn't work out for me if I act when I'm angry; that disengaging from the family instead of confronting someone with something that's upsetting is not going to work well in the long run.
He'll think about this stuff but he's going to do what he wants anyway, right?
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