In one sense a "downer" thread, but in a good way-? At this time last year, we(my wife and I)had just lost a friend to alcohol. In October, we lost family member whose condition was exaserbated by years of alcohol abuse. Today, we have friend who just blew all of her savings on a horrid bender and is missing. I'm preaching to the choir here, I know, but this condition that afflicts us all is no frickin' joke. I'm almost 9 weeks sober, and the first thing I do before I get out of bed each morning is to prey for god to guide me through another sober day.