Monday, August 5, 2013

powerful share

I am grateful for my serenity and sobriety. I attended a meeting yesterday where a lady had shared that her adult son had committed suicide a few days earlier. He was an addict, but they were not sure if he was using as he had some sobriety prior to that. About a month I believe. The meeting progressed after the lady shared, but the subject seemed to veer from the third step to death of a loved one and how to cope without using. It was a deep but powerful meeting with a lot of emotions shared among the group. I did not share. I had to work hard at not wearing my therapist hat throughout the meeting. Thoughts of validating, empathizing and general “fixing” the problems were strong in my head, but somehow I managed to keep them at bay and just listened to peoples stories. I am grateful for all that I have and thankful that I continue to have sobriety.