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Groups Struggles in Sobriety Discussions This too shall pass
This too shall pass
This has been a rough year so far for my group of recovery friends. We lost one of our special women on Valentine's day to a heroin overdose. She was 44 and her name was Lara.
Then 3 weeks later, another member of my home group died from pneumonia. She was 52 and her name was Val. She was a dear friend of mine for over 20 years.
It is hard to believe that either of them is gone.It is very sad to lose friends in recovery. I always think that we are safe now that we have been exposed to recovery, but that is not true. also, the longer I stay clean, the more people I know that have died.
Thanks to the 12 steps I have a belief that there is something after this life. I don't believe in a heaven in the clouds where you float around with angels. I believe that there is so much more to us than the bodies we inhabit.I believe our spirits are infinite. I believe we meet each other again and again, and for that I am grateful.
Good bye my sweet friends. Catch in the next go round.
Then 3 weeks later, another member of my home group died from pneumonia. She was 52 and her name was Val. She was a dear friend of mine for over 20 years.
It is hard to believe that either of them is gone.It is very sad to lose friends in recovery. I always think that we are safe now that we have been exposed to recovery, but that is not true. also, the longer I stay clean, the more people I know that have died.
Thanks to the 12 steps I have a belief that there is something after this life. I don't believe in a heaven in the clouds where you float around with angels. I believe that there is so much more to us than the bodies we inhabit.I believe our spirits are infinite. I believe we meet each other again and again, and for that I am grateful.
Good bye my sweet friends. Catch in the next go round.
Discussion started by Janet G , on 392 days ago
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Dear friend, the road to recovery has many of pitts but, we don't have to crawl into them. You are doing what you need to do, talk-talk-talk. My solutions come from my HP and sober friends sharing and caring. Time does lessen the pain but never removes the memory of it. Stick close to the winners!