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? - posted by grillboy at 06/26 12:50AM Thank God for AA and the fellowship. Without it I dont know where I would be right now. I've been sober for about a month right now after about 11 relapses in the last ear and a half. Theres been so many nights lately where I was gonna drink. And here I sit right now a sober man. If it wasnt for people who saw the pain in my eyes and twisted my arm to come hang out cuz they knew I was gonna drink I would not be sober right now. Maybe all those mornin prayers asking the hp to keep me sober didnt hurt either. And thru all this I've been able to deal with the fact that my best freind is gonna die soon relatively well. It hasnt been a good enough reason to drink. If anything what AA has done for me is to allow me to be there for him, his family and his freinds. Something I wasnt even able to do for my own family when I was drinking. I didnt even make it to my own grandmas funeral... I talked to my freinds mom today and she's takin him home sunday cuz he's allready begun to die. And he wants to die at home. Dude is 28. I got contacted by a freind of his on facebook tonight and she called me up and I never met her before but I was able to let her know what was goin on. I told her I would let her know what happens good or bad. If she can make it out here I could help her go visit him, and if she needed to meet up to talk about it I'd be there. It's crazy cuz I was totally obsessed with alcohol earlier this week but today I was more concerned with a newcomer I been hangin with, other drunks and my freind richard and his freinds and family. It's a fucking miracle that I don't wanna drink tonight.

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