WELL - IN THE LAST WEEK AND HALF - WE LOST 2 KNOWN ADDICTS - THAT WERE COMING AROUND - THE DISEASE TOOK THEM OUT..AND TRULY BASED ON THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN OUR LIFE - EFFECTS OUR LIFE AND OTHERS..I FINALLY GET THAT - PRETTY SAD WHEN WE MAKE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO PICKUP AGAIN AND TRULY NOT KNOWING IF THIS IS THE TIME I WILL DIE. I HEARD IN A MEETING MOST ADDICTS DON'T GET TO DIE - WE JUST DIE SPIRITUALLY AND WALK AROUND IN A ZOMBIE STATE OF MIND - THAT IS DEATH ALSO..WHEN THEY SAY JAILS, INSTITUTIONS OR DEATH..PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR THE ADDICTS STILL SUFFERING - IT WAS ONCE ME..THANKS EVERYONE
Thanks Feisty,your absolutely correct ,walking with tombstones in there eyes!Only by God's grace and continued work can we show up here or anywhere for that matter!In prayer and reflection...........
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
So sorry for what has happended-so sad. By the time we think we are making a conscious choice to use we are already totally overpowered by the active addiction...it is not a choice... it just masquarades as a choice while it kills us and alienates us from those who love and care about us.
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From dying and surviving to living and thriving. LeeU
Rarely do we fail if we're working the program as suggested, those who don't just aren't ready , don't have the willingness , humility , honesty and open mindedness that it takes, there on there own journey and all we can do is hope and pray for there bottom to hit soon.God will direct them and help once there they admitt powerlessness
like what raman said, by Gods grace we who remain clean should have great deal of gratitude.
Just for today I'm grateful for my recovery and the life I have chosen to live.......I too pray for the addict that still suffers from the insanity of active addiction......
Such a sad but all too familiar story. Your sharing is so from the heart. I can feel your words as well as read them. We can never forget where this disease wants to take us.