It’s not like I am going to ask her over for a drink. :rolleyes:
I envision that part of her recovery process will be her making amends with the people she harmed or that she will take it upon herself to reach out to me and apologize now that the legal process is completed. At that point I will most likely pay her a single visit for the sake of closure for both of us.
Yeah, that’s really some high caliber journalism there, the report said.
Thank you, that means a lot to me coming from you and your extensive first hand knowledge of the prison side of the legal system and with substance abuse recovery. I wasn’t seeking revenge (well maybe just a little 
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On another note Doc, I am still curious about an apparatus that was used in the Trauma care unit. When I awoke I was laying face down into what appeared to be a just a bucket and I heard the sounds of wind instruments being played very badly by 7th graders. I thought In woke up in band camp hell! :eek: Then I coughed and the strange off key notes started coming from my bucket. 
What is that thing? What is it’s purpose? Some people were having prolonged coughing fits and making all sorts of strange sounds from flutes to french horns being abused. Is this only to make it more pleasant for the Trauma room personnel so that they don’t have to hear people gagging to death?
That is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. I’m curious to know too!
Glad you made it! Sounds like she was on a downward spiral, and you were just caught in the crossfire. I blacked out once in college and I remember absolutely nothing from that night. Good thing I didn’t have a violent bone in my body, because absolutely anything could have happened and I wouldn’t have had a clue the next day. That was my hint to cut back my drinking… hopefully she wises up, as well!
I’m impressed by the empathy and understanding you seem to have for this woman that tried to kill you. You seem to have taken all of this in good stride with good humor, which I must assume is a reflection of your fine character. I’m sorry you got stabbed, and appreciate you starting this thread.
They were probably giving you the “kick the bucket” test. Since you’re still here, I guess you passed.
StG
Well, you know, he doesn’t take things to heart.
For folks wondering how, in appropriate circumstances, the judicial system can help solve problems rather than simply lock people away, have a look at restorative justice. We’re trying it in Canada, particularly with First Nations people, for whom there may also be community sentencing circles, for the one thing we have learned about conventional justice is that it has failed abjectly with First Nations people. Add these to treatment, rehabilitation, anger management, vocational and employment programs, and hopefully we will help some people get back on track with their lives.
Looks like Si Amigo groks this approach to justice and healing. Good on 'im.
I have had the near drownings, falls, choking and one time some kind of heart problem where my heart just went into defrib, they thought I was dead that time for awhile.
My most recent and scariest was when I was working underneath a tanker hauling liquid nitrogen, the high pressure relief valve was under the unit instead of on top, I didn’t realize I was working directly underneath it. Just as I rolled out from under the truck the valve let go with full force. It would have hit me directly in the face. Enough gas came out to turn my shop into a winter wonderland and it was 100 ft away from the tanker.
First off, good that you survived and here to answer the questions.
Mine is more of a speculative nature …
I must say I’m having a difficulty processing “I don’t remember” story on her part so I’d ask if you could think back (or have you heard off hand, 3rd party way) of any signs of some mental deficiency. I don’t mean some undiagnosed illness or such, just some brief moments of disconnect from full awareness that you register occasionally but move on as the person reconnects.
Could it be that bipolar person is being overlooked due to alcohol problem; i.e. alcohol gets the blame but it’s in fact something more serious?
I was waiting for the Si Amigo to say, “Yes, she says it throws off her aim.”
I hope you feel better. You ought to mail her a polaroid of the knife and write on the bottom, “…I believe that this is yours, Van Helsing.”
And lastly, if she applies for conjugal visits? Just. Say. No.
I believe that her problem is alcohol induced dementia but there is no saying that she wasn’t also bi-polar and the alcohol aggravated the condition. Perhaps a psychiatrist in prison will be able to properly diagnose and threat her. All I know is that she never acted violent or irrational when not drinking.
Blacking out would be a sign of advanced alcoholism; another is that it throws off your aim. 
Wow. I realized you posted in the wrong thread, but wow. I never knew of someone who was almost instantly frozen to death like a liquid metal terminator. Glad you made it thru, but part of me thinks that it would have been an awesome death. 
So she’s available now? She sounds nice.
Sorry. It just slipped out.
OP, has this now scared you off from having another relationship–that women are too crazy…? Have you been dating at all?
All things considered, you’d probably have a pretty good shot of getting a free replacement knife, if you asked the company nicely. (The last stage of dealing with a crisis or a loss: “thrift.”)
You mean it would have been really…cool.
Yeah.
Started seeing my former GF again; she still lives in Ohio (4 hours away) but the distance problem isn’t as big of a deal as it was a couple of years ago when we broke up. All women are crazy, I’m not into dudes :eek: and I’d make a bad Monk :p. So whats a man to do but get back up in the saddle?
So glad you lived to tell the tale, Si Amigo. Take care and be well.
But I do get the point! Ta da dum dum
Bump. So any news since her release?