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REZ · 06-27-2008, 12:18 PM

I ran into someone today that I used drugs with about 25 years ago. I didn't recognize him. He looked so much older and weathered. The drugs took their toll. I was glad to see him and grateful that I have not been using drugs all these years.

**Phinneas** · 06-28-2008, 11:47 AM

Yeah - reality check, eh?

I went to a birthday dinner with my friend and her mom and mom's boyfriend last week. After the dinner my friend told me that she and her mom's b/f went to high school together! What?!? He looked at least 10 years older than her! I didn't say it outloud, but I wondered to myself if he is an alcoholic or addict. It takes a toll, ya know?

Gmoney · 06-28-2008, 12:45 PM

Gratitude is the word!

I ran into a old sponsee of mine last week at a speaker jam. He wasn't attending, just passing by...and he was still using. He relapsed about 4 years ago and I got to say he looked pretty bad. We talked for a while and all I could here him say was excuses for why he didn't stay clean. I told him that there's always a chair for him in a meeting and I gave him my phone number. He was pushing a grocery cart full of bottles...

I see people I used with all the time, and each time I see them I'm filled with gratitude and empathy.

ANGELINA243 · 06-28-2008, 01:42 PM

It just goes to show that nothing has changed--"out there". I'm glad to be in recovery.

06-27-2008, 12:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 874	Blast from the past I ran into someone today that I used drugs with about 25 years ago. I didn't recognize him. He looked so much older and weathered. The drugs took their toll. I was glad to see him and grateful that I have not been using drugs all these years.

06-28-2008, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,596	Yeah - reality check, eh? I went to a birthday dinner with my friend and her mom and mom's boyfriend last week. After the dinner my friend told me that she and her mom's b/f went to high school together! What?!? He looked at least 10 years older than her! I didn't say it outloud, but I wondered to myself if he is an alcoholic or addict. It takes a toll, ya know?
	__________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

06-28-2008, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gmoney Recovering Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Around the way Posts: 1,296	Gratitude is the word! I ran into a old sponsee of mine last week at a speaker jam. He wasn't attending, just passing by...and he was still using. He relapsed about 4 years ago and I got to say he looked pretty bad. We talked for a while and all I could here him say was excuses for why he didn't stay clean. I told him that there's always a chair for him in a meeting and I gave him my phone number. He was pushing a grocery cart full of bottles... I see people I used with all the time, and each time I see them I'm filled with gratitude and empathy.
	__________________ "To be truly humble is to accept and honestly try to be ourselves. None of us is perfectly good or perfectly bad. We are people who have assets and liabilities. Most importantly, we are human." ~ Basic Text, page 35

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06-28-2008, 01:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
ANGELINA243 We Do Recover Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 824	It just goes to show that nothing has changed--"out there". I'm glad to be in recovery.

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