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Today some of my AA pals and I visited a young guy who went back out and used again (heroin) he is in the intensive care unit of the hospital. He may lose a leg. He's not putting out urine in a lot of pain and on dialysis. He's lucky to be alive, as it looked bleak yesterday. He might need dialysis for the rest of his life. Probably not his intention when he wanted to get high one last time.
It really brought home to me what we do to our families/friends. I just wanted to tell everyone in my life how much I loved them.
To think not too long ago I wanted to die bc of this disease and now I just want to live.
How precious a gift sobriety is to myself and my loved ones (ha, that was just a typo of liver...yep, even my liver gets a happy hug!)
Seeing this stuff is so sad, but keeps it fresh in my mind that life is fleeting and my addiction to booze will kill me.
Take care all.
Jules
It really brought home to me what we do to our families/friends. I just wanted to tell everyone in my life how much I loved them.
To think not too long ago I wanted to die bc of this disease and now I just want to live.
How precious a gift sobriety is to myself and my loved ones (ha, that was just a typo of liver...yep, even my liver gets a happy hug!)
Seeing this stuff is so sad, but keeps it fresh in my mind that life is fleeting and my addiction to booze will kill me.
Take care all.
Jules
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It's so scary that for any of us, that nightmare is just one drink away. It's always in the forefront of my mind that addiction has one of the highest mortality rates of any disease...and it's also the only one we can chose to suffer from or not.
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Thanks August.
It's amazing that I live in one of the largest recovery cities in the US. With that said, we lose roughly 1 person a week to this disease. Granted, they are largely lost to the Heroin epidemic. Young kids some not even but 19 years old. It's just awful. Only seen one old timer pass of natural causes at a ripe 84 with decades of sobriety. That was beautiful!
Have a good weekend all.
Jules
It's amazing that I live in one of the largest recovery cities in the US. With that said, we lose roughly 1 person a week to this disease. Granted, they are largely lost to the Heroin epidemic. Young kids some not even but 19 years old. It's just awful. Only seen one old timer pass of natural causes at a ripe 84 with decades of sobriety. That was beautiful!
Have a good weekend all.
Jules
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