Reaching Out

I received the following anonymous comment to the blog earlier this week:

"Thanks for ur blog it is sometimes the only thread to recovery I have and am shamed to admit I have such a weak program right now. .."

For some reason I feel compelled to respond.

After all, with the many resources available in the recovery community, are there acceptable excuses to not have a stronger link to recovery? And I say this not to be critical because here’s a fellow addict crying for support.

After all, this comment says the writer needs more program. Reading this blog may be helpful, but so would anything positive.  A solid 12-step program will help this reader.

This person obviously lives in an urban area since her/she accesses the internet. Probably less than a mile or two from wherever he/she lives are multiple meetings. There are phone numbers. There are people who want to help others stay sober.

The positive thing this reader shows is awareness of where he/she is at right now.  That's a start.