Stuck In The Bowels Of Rock Bottom

May 8, 2012 8 Comments


Square one or rock bottom is a terrible place to be, never mind all the clichés about “the only way on being up.”

Up is too far away.

Square one is more like the plughole at the bottom of the bath, where it feels like the life us draining away from your soul.

Anyone whose ever visited square one doesn’t bother with “positive thinking clichés” when they meet another unfortunate visitor. Usually they just stop and listen.

Tell me about your rock bottom in the comments section below.

For me rock bottom, visit number 1, was the death of the 20 million dollar dream, but little did I know that salvation was coming in the form of a three-legged dog.

 

P:S: This is the 14th  in a series of blogs chronicling my adventures in Los Angeles. See “How the F@*k Did I Get Here” to begin the adventure.

 

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About GeoffTalbot: Geoff Talbot is the founder of this Creative Blog. He loves writing words that encourage creative people.

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  • Taralhjohnson

    My most recent rock botttom …accepting the fact I have MS. Not just the physical decline, but also the mental.

    Not all medical personnel in ER understand it. One time, they thougt I was drunk. Not true. Sp e a c h can be aff ect ed, too. Not all of friends & family understand MS either. They try to guess what I want to say.

    So sometime s, it’s easier to say nothing.

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Wow I can’t even imagine what that would be like. Thank you for being brave and sharing

  • http://twitter.com/jackdrsm Jack Durish

    My rock bottom came when my first wife brought another man home and said I should leave. Of course, I did and found a better woman. Now I thank my first wife for giving me my freedom to find true love and for teaching me to appreciate my current wife.

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      ouch…. I’m glad you survived and grew Jack

  • Philrood

    I have the classic rock bottom cliche in that it is about my alcoholism… it wasn’t taming the demon that was so bad, but realizing that I had fallen short in my responsibilities to my wife, my kids, and myself.  When you realize that  you’ve put your family second to a vice, you realize what a turd of a human being you are…  You’re right, positive thinking cliches don’t make it any better or pull you up off the bottom.  Changes in behavior, recognizing why I was at the bottom and working on making the right changes is what made the difference. 

    “The only way from rock bottom is up” is B.S. spouted off by people who think that life and karma just take care of everything and that we have no personal responsibility to take control of our own lives.  Figure out what you need to work on and start there.  I’m not saying everything will turn out fantastic, just that you’ll be affecting change in your own life

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Thanks Phil… Ever single person on the face of the earth has an addiction to something. Really appreciate you sharing your journey

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002544666025 Jim Nelson

    I *thought* rock bottom was being told my best furry friend had cancer. As it turns out, that three legged dog led me on the adventure of a lifetime. Sometimes pulling that plug can release you into an unknown world of unexpected good fortune.

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