Early this afternoon, I am going to attend of funeral of a dear, sweet person whom I have had the pleasure of having in my life for 26 years...we started out in high school, partied very hard, hit our twenties, grew up a bit and had children, hit our thirties, living life and raising children, just hit the big 40 this year and for me, my life is just beginning but Joey's has ended...
He died alone at his home on Sunday, probably watching the Nascar race, from alcoholism...For a lot of people out there in society, when you say alcoholic, they think dirty, unemployed bum drinking out of a brown bag but that is so far from the truth...Joey worked 50 hours a week, only drank after work and then on the weekends, his blood alcohol level wasn't extremely high but his heart gave out...
Today, I am going to show up at my dear, sweet friends funeral and say goodbye but today, I do know Joey's spirit will live on in his children, loved ones and friends...what makes me so sad is there is a solution but the insanity of this disease had a hold of Joey and he never saw it...Today I get to show there is a solution because I still have a lot of friends out there active that will be with me today...thank you God for showing me there is a solution...
May god bless all of us today...
Stacey
Stacey...Sending prayers, thoughts, and {{{HUGS}}}...I have lost people to this disease and it is the reality if we don't find recovery...I know if I didn't stop I would be dead today...For me, when I lost someone I loved from addiction...it reminded me of the blessings I have and quickly brought gratitude back into my life...especially if I was taking sobriety for granted...But for the Grace of God, there go I...Love Gina
I too lost a cherished childhood friend recently.
My prayers go out to you and your loved one's family tonight.
God Bless,
Carolyn
My prayers go out to you and your loved one's family tonight.
God Bless,
Carolyn
Hey Stacey light and love to you, i hope all went okay at the funeral for you and there wasn't to many pressures in and around you to do with alcohol.
Stace your gratitude is awesome and i find for me that it is the gratitude i have for being sober and alive that helps me get through.
Good on you stace
light and love Zac
Stace your gratitude is awesome and i find for me that it is the gratitude i have for being sober and alive that helps me get through.
Good on you stace
light and love Zac
Stacey ~ peace and serenity to you during this difficult time...the longer I stay sober the more up close and personal the fatality of our disease becomes. I sit in gratitude this morning. Have a wonderful weekend.
