That sense of being different, which had long plagued me,
disappeared when I saw the threads
that run through all of us.
Sharing our stories, our feelings,
it is the areas where we are the same that impress me.
The differences are but delightful flourishes on the surface,
like different-colored costumes, and I enjoy them.
But the basic ways we are human,
the basic ways we simply are, stand out to me now.
I came to see that we all are really one,
and I no longer feel alone.
Sobriety is a journey of joyful discovery.
Y A N A = You Are Not Alone.
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