The dawn pay-phone confession: no shit given for grief

texture · reported 6 Nov YDAU

• When: "early one A.M.," undated, recounted within the 6 Nov morning scene as part of the standing sponsorship.
• What: Gately's morning sense of loss, narcotics-wise, has one authorized outlet. F.F.'s doctrine is that some people never get over the loss of what they'd thought was their one true best friend and lover; they just have to pray daily for acceptance and move forward through the grief. So when Gately breaks down over the pay phone: "The sponsor, Ferocious Francis G., doesn't give Gately one iona of shit for feeling some negative feelings about it: on the contrary, he commends Gately for his candor in breaking down and crying like a baby and telling him about it early one A.M. over the pay phone, the sense of loss." The prescription is demystification itself — "It's a myth no one misses it." "Shit, you wouldn't need help if you didn't miss it." — then Ask For Help, Turn It Over, Keep Coming.