PADDING OUT MODERN RECOVERY BY USING OLDER AND WISER HEADS.
“Long may you live,”
“Jupiter preserve you,
“May you enjoy health, “
“Hail,”
“God save you,”
“God bless you,” etc.
This last response is said to have been first used in Athens, where a sneeze by a person afflicted with the plague was regarded as an evidence that he had passed the crisis of his disease and that recovery was then possible.
Herein, please find some ancient and some modern wisdoms. They are not explained and nor are they simplified. Explore them. Consider the meaning. To all of you who have been affected by the Diseases associated with Addictions and the Daemons of Alcohol and Drugs – take some time – reflect – and bring into your own lives, the Experience, Strengths and Hopes of Others. To all of you who have been Battered or Traumatised, Dented and Bruised, walk back with me into Other Times and Other Ways. Mayhap there is Another Way to look at Things.
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Posted by Kelli Garner on October 3, 2009 at 8:13 am
Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly.
Posted by nellibell49 on October 4, 2009 at 7:20 am
Thanks Kelli. Just getting started.
Posted by contoveros on November 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Wait a minute.
Jupiter was a Roman god. The Greeks worshipped Zeus, father of Olympus.
Still, your post said that you would offer no explanations for the stories. I beleive the Romans stole this from the Greeks and blamed them for spreading the disease.
I got PTSD. Not contageous though. Will have to treat it every day of the rest of my life like many of those suffering from their own afflictions possibly mentioned on this site.
Like the lay of the land here. Will return.
Thanks,
Michael J