Michael, get thee into rehab!

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In a front page above-the-fold story in the Strib today, Michael Brodkorb vows to come back:

"I've had offers from campaigns and PR firms about work" he wrote. "But my goal right now is my family and health [my emphasis], but like the mythical Phoenix, I will rise up again, but it won't be from any ashes."

You can't be the Phoenix, Michael, without the ashes. The ashes are the whole point.

Without the ashes, you're just a big ugly bird who sat around for a while and then flew off.

Although your metaphors (and similes, too!) need work -- maybe finishing that degree will help -- you do have the beginning thread of a good redemption narrative: your health. You can make that so much better and more effective if you check yourself into rehab somewhere -- preferably someplace prestigious -- for an addiction.

There is one kind of addiction that might be especially plausible.

A stint in rehab can shave six months to a year off of a good redemption story.

You might even be able to find a place that offers writing workshops: get the wood out of those metaphors.