One of the women that goes out to the prison with us every month on the
second Thursday had 5 years of sobriety for the third time last month. Tonight at the meeting she had seven
days. OMG! I like her a lot, am sorry she relapsed and
wish her well. There is also huge
comfort for me in knowing that I am not alone with my problems of relapse. I made it a point to give her a hug after the
meeting, tell her I love her, am glad she is back and that she is resilient and
has true grit to keep coming back.
Often, the funniest moments at 12-step meeting are when we bare our
heart & soul sharing the dumbass things we have done while using our own
best alcoholic-minded thinking. Nobody
laughed at the lady with 7 days. Alcoholism
is a fatal progressive disease and no joke.
I am grateful my friend made it back to the meeting. She was in a lot of pain before using. Hopefully know she will have additional
humility enabling her to flourish with increased spiritual growth. I am glad it was not me.
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