Just read Raman talk about an expierience getting through what must have been very traumatic involving pysical pain. Itīs inspirational for me because I am currently undergoing a whole lot of dental work in a foriengn country where there are no english meeetings of any kind even close - the work has been going on for over a month now and is still not finished - needless to say itīs been very difficult in and of itself - On top of that I have just sent my father a note symptomatic of the therapy I am doing saying I want no more communication with him, for the first time ever, and have been refused a long fight to be able to teach in the Austalian public system despite my criminal record - so hard times but that is life on lifeīs terms I guess and I am not alone - first and last I am an addict and therfore grtefull just to be clean - am happy to be able to get on here and put out there - thanks love and good wishes to one and all - ben
Ben, It's quite a change from being a helpless and hopeless addict, into an addict in recovery. I do not envy your position of being in a foreign country with no english speaking meetings available. I don't know how I could do it, without being miserable. I hope that you have some addicts in recovery who you remain in contact with. I have maintained a contact with a sponsee who was in Iraq for a year, it was difficult to do, but worthy of the effort. He ended up attending meetings in the other fellowship under the principle of "any port in a storm". I know that the WSO at na.org has a program to put addicts who are geographically isolated into contact with other recovering addicts through the mail. Not a perfect situation, but it beats the heck out of living in isolation.
Best wishes to you and I will keep you in my prayers,
Lon
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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.----Alice Mackenzie Swaim
I feel for you. My health is really bad right now. I don't know if from the drug use {more then likely} but it's bad. I have to go in for sugery Tuesday and I am affraid of the pain. I know i'll need some type of pain pills. I'm just scared. I think I would rather the doctor give me something. Because I know if it's bad I'll go find my own. I'll find some other things then just pain pill's too!
