Originally Posted by
dirk41 
It just hit me. My wife's away with my daughter (I'm joining them next week), I dont tend to cope very well on my own. I need to work on strategies to overcome this
I remember one time in early sobriety, during a period of squirrelness, I called a friend in recovery. During the conversation it came out that I was at home alone. My friend screamed "
Get out of the house, you are in there with a killer!!!. LOL, it sounds silly but was so very true and on point. I definitely filed that one away in my memory banks and referred back to it on many occasions.