A hat tip and thank you to TDA researcher Norm for spotting this story!
Stephen M. Magyarosi pulled over on a side road because he was feeling sleepy but accidently got his truck stuck on a set of railroad tracks. Not wanting to bother law enforcement or the people in nearby houses, he decided to take a nap in the nearby woods instead of asking for help. While asleep, a freight train struck his vehicle.
“I thought about it,” he said, “but I didn’t think about it enough.”
The news story doesn’t mention it, but to most of us in recovery it is obvious that the man was drunk. It’s common for our society to conveniently omits or purposely avoid mentioning the huge role alcohol plays in the majority of failures, accidents, and crimes.
Whether it is a business failed, school dropout, divorce proceedings, lost job, broken foot, mysterious disappearance or just simply having no money- in many cases the facts don’t add up because there is a missing piece to the puzzle. Alcohol.
