An illness of this sort
-- and we have come to believe it an illness --
involves those about us
in a way no other human sickness can.
If a person has cancer all are sorry for him
and no one is angry or hurt.
But not so with the alcoholic illness,
for with it there goes annihilation
of all the things worth while in life.
It engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferer's.
It brings misunderstanding,
fierce resentment, financial insecurity,
disgusted friends and employers,
warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents
-- anyone can increase the list.

Thought to Ponder....

We are hardest to love when we need love most.

Recovery Related Acronym

H O P E = Helping Other People Every day.