wiscsober

When sober and trying to help people like I'm always professing...some days are just plain sad...not overall...but for some people I know do you think they are going to get recovery or die?

I know it's a morbid thing to say but in my own recovery I have (seen) so many people not recover, die, hurt and kill. I barely made it through to were I am.

Today...while reading SR posts I got a call from the local hospital ER (police)...asking would I come to the ER...I was listed as an emergency contact for a man I hadn't talked to in years.

Sorry for the list post here:

Doesn't he have any relatives? No.

Drunk. Fell. Broke two vertebrae. Suicidal.

Is he paralyzed? No.

How do you know him? From AA meetings. Use to be a neighbor.

I held his hand.

He had fright in his eyes.

He went to MRI, x-rays, and surgery.

I left.

If he calls of course I will talk to him.

instant

It was good you were able to be with him. I hope he finds his way

wiscsober

to double dip the 2nd man to have broken his back.

soberclover

There was a reason you received that phone call; maybe it was a reminder how precious sobriety is. It's nice that you went to the ER to see him.

Dee74

Prayers for your friend G.

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