Usually our population at this time in an ordinary year is 700 to 750. But then everyone will likely agree that there's been nothing ordinary about this year since January. At the moment the count is hovering at around 600.
Most who remain have jobs and are working 12-step programs. Some go to outside meetings that have social distancing plus mask requirements.
While we've been extremely fortunate in only having a few people who needed to be quarantined, there's still the added pressure of clients having to wear masks and do social distancing as much as possible. A couple of those who were quarantined left the program and disappeared into the 115 degree Arizona heat. Maybe they convinced their families to take them back, that they'd be safer at home.
Very few people work at our office unless it's absolutely necessary. Most of the staff is gone by noon. And those who work on the phone are doing the job from home. But those who do remain in the office get more work done because the place stays pretty quiet.
For me the most difficult part of all this is living in the moment. Sobriety is learning to live one day at a time. And meditation is all about training our monkey minds to live in this moment. Those two principles are what I use to make it through the day. Remember that all we can count on is change.
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