Dear ImL,

before I forget, most successful recovering addicts/alcoholics relapse twice, or so I read. It's usually a step IN the recovery, if that makes sense. And your sister's comments about drugs not being as available as alcohol is true to most middle class whites. No one toasts with Vicodin nor do I have to turn down offers at parties....so it would be harder to quit drinking, at least socially. I do get that. My dad was French and his avocation was being a chef, so wine was very hard to overlook. But a friend of mine in rehab told me, (and he was African American) when he'd go outside to get his newspaper, a dealer would be there pushing crack onto him....so we are lucky in that sense.

Gotta go back to your post.
j-


M: 57 H: 60
M: 35 yrs
S30,D28,D19
H off to Alaska 2006
Recon 7/07- 8/08
*2016*
X = "ALASKA 2.0"
GROUND HOG DAY
I File D 10/16
OW
DIV 2/26/2018
X marries OW 5/2016

= CLOSURE 4 ME
Embrace the Change