Mattie wrote:Wishing for a quiet season here. . .
but if you remember - the 12 step hurricane addiction post -
The Twelve Steps of Hurricanes Anonymous
The relative success of the H.A. program seems to be due to the fact that an hurricane addict who no longer has hurricanes to track has an exceptional faculty for "reaching" and helping an a fellow hurricane addict that still monitors the tropics, even in off season, to redirect his efforts to the winter weather patterns.
In simplest form, the H.A. program operates when a recovered hurricane addict passes along the story of his or her own problem tropical tracking activities well after the official hurricane season has ended, describes the loss of adrenaline he or she has found in H.A., and invites the newcomer to direct his interest into winter weather tracking.
The heart of the suggested program of personal recovery is contained in Twelve Steps describing the experience of the earliest members of the Society:
1. We admitted we were powerless over Mother Nature and the adrenaline rush we get when we watch her handiwork. This makes our lives unmanageable because our lives revolve around weather bulletins at 10, 2, 5, and whether or not we can log onto S2K.
2. Came to believe that even Mother Nature cannot restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our weather watching options to the winter storm board and our world once again revolves around Mother Nature as we understand Her.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves and came to realize that there is no cure for H.A.
5. Admitted to our family @ S2K and to our families, if they are understanding, that we are truly addicts of Mother Nature; that we know that we are powerless once we see a computer mouse and know that the S2K board family is near. We know that these actions take away from our daily life as we knew it before becoming H.A.
6. We are NOT entirely ready to have all these defects of character removed from our lives and that we have the strength to watch only winter weather during the winter months and tropical weather during June through November each year.
7. Humbly have asked our family, friends for understanding and support.
8. Made a list of all persons on the board that share our addiction and promise to keep in touch with pms or instant messages. We have resolved to even keep in contact with those posters who we may not have agreed with, because those posters may be right next season with their predictions.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. (We do admit our limitations)
10. Continued to take personal inventory and begin rebuilding the damage if we were touched by the powerful hand of Mother Nature, say prayers of thanksgiving that we still have our lives and that we were not alone in our trials and tribulations from the storm.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our forecasting techniques for the next tropical season, how better to restock and be prepared should Mother Nature show her awesome power to us again this season or next; and resolve to quest for new weather knowledge for the next 6 months or so in winter weather forecasting.
12. Having had an adrenaline awakening as the result of these steps, we will try to carry this message to weather addicts and to practice during the winter months to moderate our total addiction to the tropics to include winter storms and to practice these principles for the next 12 months to come.
(using the 12 step AA process guidelines)
And I guess this year we should add a step 13 -
13. After a hurricane overdose, that we remain focused to the probability and undeniable potential occurrence but remain sensitive to those who have suffered great losses and offer our support and encouragement to those who are still in need.
Where did you find this at? This is pretty good.
