A man who walked away from one of our Phoenix properties a
few days ago to return to the streets immediately ran into problems. According
to him, he had his butt kicked a couple of times the first day.
And, after he showed up with ugly stitches on his head and
face - trying to get readmitted to the program - no one disagreed with him
about being assaulted. We all had a graphic lesson of what can happen to us
when we relapse.
It's an example of the aphorism about a picture being
worth a 1000 words.
I often have conversations with so-called "normal"
people, those without drug or alcohol problems. And when I share tales
of what happens to some of our people when they relapse they seem incredulous.
But those of us who are addicts and alcoholics know such stories to be par for
the course.
All of us know on a deep level the potential train wreck
that awaits us if we forget the lessons of recovery.
