MycoolFitz

Family member struggling and reaching out and recalling it is not all about me. I think my dis-ease self absorbed me and maybe that is what recovery is about, not just reaching in but reaching out. It's not codependance but interdependance. A young family member, I can't cure or control him but I can love him as we all deserve love. There is a familyship and a fellowship, or what the ship? (That was a pun) And I thought, why do I keep coming back to SR? For those reasons, so I am communicating with him, who knows? We can only care and communicate.

DisplacedGRITS

I keep saying that addiction is lonely and recovery is social. That's why i never found real sobriety when i tried to do it alone.

Impurrfect

(((Fitz))) - I found out that reaching out to others helps my recovery. There are some people I love, but I have to detach from their behaviors, can't always be around them, but I still love them and am willing to talk until it turns in to a conversation I don't want, or need, to hear.

Hugs and prayers,

Amy

eJoshua

So true, Fitz. My recovery has been less about fixing myself and more about getting over myself; getting out of my head so I can be more mindful to the needs of others.

Frenzy

oops, silly me!

Frenzy

yes, we identify we empathise, we reach out, recovery can be very cleansing for the spirit and mind, if we share it with others.
hugs cool x

soberred

There are amazing healing powers in helping others. After my appointment yesterday I was emotionally warped. Felt down a bit. A friend called and needed my help as she was ill. I went over to her house and helped her with things she could not do for herself. I forgot all about my day, my triggers, my issues. I get great satisfaction helping people.