Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Location 753)

It’s easy to insist you’re right, to block other paths,
when it doesn’t matter, you won’t be hurt,
the issue is simply a debate, a fun confrontation.
But sometimes it’s not. Do you stop someone
from doing CPR the way you don’t think will work
when you have no training, that’s just not what you’ve seen…
on television.
Danger comes in many guises, wears a multitude of masks,
and sometimes it’s an innocuous as a bottle of beer,
a joint, a pornographic video, the well-meant birthday cake.
Perils differs with our own weaknesses, our history, our fears.
But when the expert offers and it cuts at the quick
sometimes we’re more open to hear
what those who have walked the path we walk
suggest.