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I was talking to my rehab roommate, a lovely young woman who is younger than my children. She had been dating a guy we knew in rehab. She knew the rules about dating in the first year. Well, guy drank on Thursday. She broke up with him. She is so sad about it all. She did not pick up over it. I am so proud of her, but sad for Dave, the guy friend. I asked her to speak when I chair my women's meeting in a few weeks. She said if she gets a car, she will definitely be there.

In the meantime, I am speaking at my women's meeting. It is a missions field there. So many women who come to that meeting with only a few days of sobriety.

So, I am saddened to learn that one of the people I was in rehab with went out and drank. I know the statistics of relapse, and I certainly did the relapsing, or at least my share of it. I am just sad.

I have had other things add to my sadness today.

Trish