Chronic, Progressive and Fatal
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Chronic, Progressive and Fatal
I have just come home from my AA fellowship and am having a hard time with some news that I heard from a friend. Another member of my fellowship is dead after going back out and drinking.
This lady was 36 years old with 3 kids. She pulled over on the side of the highway and collapsed. When help arrived she was already gone.....
Please consider the possible consequences if you relapse. This disease can take your life very easily.
This lady was 36 years old with 3 kids. She pulled over on the side of the highway and collapsed. When help arrived she was already gone.....
Please consider the possible consequences if you relapse. This disease can take your life very easily.
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I'm sorry to hear this sad news, but thank you for the reminder that addiction is a liar and a thief that will kill us if we let it.
And for the reminder that I learned right here on SR how to not let it.
Grateful.
And for the reminder that I learned right here on SR how to not let it.
Grateful.
Do your best
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Condolences HopeforLife 36 is far too young what a tragic loss that really is
Thats now 3 kids without a mother and that breaks my heart i hate this illness/disease/addiction
RIP to your friend
This is one of the reasons that i try so much because this will kill us if we let it we need to stick together all of us
we need to stick together
Thats now 3 kids without a mother and that breaks my heart i hate this illness/disease/addiction
RIP to your friend
This is one of the reasons that i try so much because this will kill us if we let it we need to stick together all of us
we need to stick together
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:-( Thank you for posting. Those stories really strengthen my resolve because i realize how deadly this disease is. It's horrible to hear about good people overcome with their struggles.
George McGovern wrote a book about his daughter Terry.
McGovern had five children. He loved them all, but by his own description he had a special affinity for Terry. She was 45 years old and was the mother of two young girls when she froze to death in a parking lot in Madison, Wis., on the night of Dec. 12, 1994. She died drunk shortly after she had left a detox facility for the 68th time. Terry was an alcoholic and had suffered from depression for years.
It's called Terry: My Daughter’s Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism.
George McGovern wrote a book about his daughter Terry.
McGovern had five children. He loved them all, but by his own description he had a special affinity for Terry. She was 45 years old and was the mother of two young girls when she froze to death in a parking lot in Madison, Wis., on the night of Dec. 12, 1994. She died drunk shortly after she had left a detox facility for the 68th time. Terry was an alcoholic and had suffered from depression for years.
It's called Terry: My Daughter’s Life-And-Death Struggle With Alcoholism.
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What a heartbreaking story. Unfortunately for her and her children, it is a gut wrenching reality.
Yes - chronic, progressive, fatal and it can happen so quickly.
I am so very sorry, Hope4Life, so very sorry.
Yes - chronic, progressive, fatal and it can happen so quickly.
I am so very sorry, Hope4Life, so very sorry.
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Georgia
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I am so sorry... 
Reminds me of a member here a ways back when I was just reading and haven't joined yet... But the story definitely had an impact on me and kind of urged me to join SR...
Anyone remember "covrecover" ??
Reminds me of a member here a ways back when I was just reading and haven't joined yet... But the story definitely had an impact on me and kind of urged me to join SR... Anyone remember "covrecover" ??
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