The tragedy of this disease
 

I went to my usual 6:00 meeting tonight feeling sad and beat up. I have had a rough week at work. I've made careless mistakes and feeling tons of self doubt. Poor me. That all changed when I got to my meeting. I found out that one of our members with 4 years sobriety relapsed and suffered a major stroke. He has no brain activity. He is 45 years old.

Today I am grateful for my sobriety and even though work has been tough and stressful, I will be able to start anew come Monday. Actually, the heck with Monday. I can turn my day around at any time if I choose to as long as I stay sober.

Please pray for all who still suffer from this horrible disease.

Goodness gracious...that is a "sobering" post. He is but a year younger than I. How very sad.

Sally,
Very sorry to hear about the member of your group - very sad:(

Sorry to hear that. :( jeez, perspective.

I'm so sorry to hear this. :c020:

Wow, really puts things into perspective doesn't it? So sorry to hear...

I'm really sorry for your friend Sally.

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Thanks everyone. Didn't mean to be a downer. This incident just made me realize how short life iis. And that I have a choice on how to live it one day at a time. Today I will not drink.

Prayers for your friend and his family.

It's not a downer at all, not to me anyway; it's a reality check. Yes, life is short and getting shorter. When I get to a certain point of inebriation I like to dance and if I'm downtown I'll dance for hours; I did the last time I drank. I can see a stroke or heart attack happening to me if I don't quit drinking for good. If it's not pushing myself at dancing, it's pushing myself at biking or weightlifting or whatever. For the sake of the few folks who love me, I really should stay sober and try to stick around, as we all should. No reason to check out at 45 when we can last another 30 or 40 years.

Thank you for the reminder, Sally. We can't go back there ever again. Prayers for that poor man who never dreamed he'd be ending his life.

So sorry to hear that Sally and I'm happy that you're here!

Thank you for your post.