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stelow said:Hi cajunlady, feeling much better almost completely well. This was the 8th day of sobriety and I was still experiencing a lot of anger with the same short fuse. God bless you.
cajunlady said:This too will pass, just remember to take it one moment at a time..I know for me that is what I have to do because I can't handle a whole 24 hours at a time...Oh, congrats on the 8 days, that is awesome...WAY TO GO...God bless you....
stelow said:. Starting my 10th day of sobriety, the return of some my suppressed feelings seems overwhelming. God bless you.
cajunlady said:Hello everyone, how is it going? I have something I need to talk about. I work for a man that is in recovery and he hires a lot of people in halfway houses to help them out...Well one of my co-workers had just graduated from the halfway house and 2 days later relapsed on crack-cocaine. When he does show up to work he always has the same clothes on and has lost like 20 pounds in one week...I tried to help him but he doesn't want the help at the moment. I need to vent about this because it took me back to when I was drugging and has scared the daylights out of me. I have to hold on to Jesus with all my heart and all of my soul to deal with this...My boss finally told him that he has to get help or lose his job, Thank you Jesus...Sometimes I don't like being reminded of where I was but I know that I shouldn't forget or I could easily go back that route...Yesterday this guy called me on the job and asked me to bring him to the bank and I told him no. I CANNOT and WILL NOT go because I can't be around people getting high (especially people high on crack, as that was my drug of choice)...I told him when he wants a ride to detox that I will bring him..Please pray that he gets the help he needs soon. Thank you for allowing me to share...God bless you all...
stelow said:Thanks cajunlady, this is one mother right now ready to pull my hair out, what I have left. Starting my 10th day of sobriety, the return of some my suppressed feelings seems overwhelming. God bless you.
SOTK said:That's a tough situation. It's hard to discern when it's appropriate to help and when it's not. I think you made a good decision when you said "No" to his request. You can always refer him to another person such as a man within the program or a man from your church. Personally, I have never felt comfortable helping somebody of the opposite sex especially when by myself.
Thanks for sharing this, and I will be keeping you and this situation in my thoughts and prayers.
SOTK said:I thought I would check in with you all.How's it going?
Way to go on the sobriety, stelow! Keep turning it over to God!
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