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.
