I felt guilty not following up on the first post. With regard to the court issue, I thankfully got off on the most egregious charge. I'm now facing a few weeks of jail and that will be the end of it. I feel stronger and saner than I have in some time. Some serious family stuff has come up and it's clear to me, there's no better time to be sane and sober.

In meeting today with a new therapist (the first in over a year), I realized that, in my quest for a suitable person to spend an hour a week with, I have been expecting to find Joseph F*****g Campbell and thus am destined to be continuously disappointed. Today, I accepted that my new guy is at least a mensch and easy to talk to, and for now, that's ok with me. I wish all of you another 24 hrs.