MycoolFitz

Drove my neighbor to the behavioral health clinic, I know it well :-) Got him checked in and suedo acclimated. As I left we kind of guy hugged and he put a paper in my hand. It was a good-bye world note. I asked him if I could talk with him and the shrink on duty (knew him well too) :-) I don't know, maybe we're all here to touch each other. I haven't shared but I was suicidal when I went back into rehab. I guess saving a life, saves a life and so on. I think its not wanting to die but sick to death of the disease. Tonight I have permission to see him on "family" visit. I never had anyone to see me so its good. Sorry to hog the posts. Just how I process, I was a writer.

sugarbear1

Please let someone know about that note.

MycoolFitz

I did, thanks

sugarbear1

It's working. Sobriety is working for ya!

stairs

This is amazing, Fitz! Your neighbor sure picked the right guy.

Sapling

That's awesome Fitz....Sounds like you were in the right place at the right time...I know that feeling of being sick to death of the disease. Good for you.

MycoolFitz

So I just went to check on him and he seems to be doing Ok. Dispite the dinners, terrible there. I felt awkward cause he was like thank you for being there but he came to me and then I think I realized he was saying thank you for sharing a dis-ease or something and while I am not a big AAer maybe I got a sense of where brother Bill was coming from. I really think of Karma right now. A few months ago I was in the process of killing myself and there was a knock on the door, and then he knocked on my door, and maybe so on.

LDT

Here's hoping we all keep knocking.

Well done, Fitz!

wellwisher

Words to live by .... let's all keep knocking!

karilynn27

I've been on the receiving end of the type of help you gave that man. Sending payers

DisplacedGRITS

When someone reaches out, let the hand of recovery be there. Congrats on being the hand of recovery, Fritz.

instant

Fitz there is a future for us all. You did a good thing

MycoolFitz

Hi, just a follow-up, visited my new friend today, for being suicidal he is doing pretty good. Got to eat breakfast in the joint, they aqctually do a nice cheese omelet. I've been there enough I think I'm considered semi-staff. Actually I was a certified AOD Therapist but it didn't take with me:-) You all take care.

IF you're afraid of being grabbed by God, don't look at a wall.

Definitely don't sit still.

Jiyu Kennett (Essential Zen)

Anewlife4me11

Glad to hear your neighbor is doing better!!!!
Hope you are doing well too?!?

MycoolFitz

Thanks, I think so but maybe just delusional. 47 years of drinking (and some druging in the 60s and 70s and maybe the 80s) can fry a brain, who'd figure? Today I am planting a strawberry field (forever).

Anewlife4me11

:-)