That's it in a nutshell resistra - How many family members and friends have we disappointed time and time again because of our disease? It comes with the territory!
Etched in my memory is the story of a person with nine years sobriety. He told his story to our group during outpatient treatment.
He got a new job and some of the employees went to a bar after work quite often. Well, being new and wanting to fit in he started going with them. It was O'Doul's at first and then turned into a couple of DUI's. You know the story!
I thought to myself - How could that ever happen? And I learned from it!
That is the only positive that can be taken from relapses.
Dave